After running the sports information show at Louisiana Christian Unviersity, Brad Welborn was promoted to assistant sports information director in June 2022.
Welborn began his Northwestern State tenure in July 2019 and is the primary contact for NSU volleyball, women’s basketball and softball.
At Louisiana Christian, Welborn was responsible for the publicity and statistics for the school’s 18 athletics programs.
He used his technical skills to implement live video streams for all Louisiana College home sporting events as well as a social media presence for the Wildcats on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram. That included graphics and schedule posters as part of the publicity package.
Welborn has won three Louisiana Sports Writer’s Association feature writing awards and a radio sports story award from the Louisiana-Mississippi Associated Press. He placed in the “best sports writer” category at the Southeast Journalism Conference.
Welborn has radio experience as he hosted a two-hour morning program on KJVC 92.7 FM for more than six years and was a play-by-play announcer for various high school sports.
He obtained an associates degree in telecommunications at Bossier Parish Community College in 2009 and a bachelors degree in convergence media and sports journalism at Louisiana Christian in 2019.
Welborn also served as the media director at Southside Baptist Church for more than seven years, creating graphics and producing videos.
