Meet Lauren Rivera-Galvez!

This is Lauren Rivera-Galvez, age: 21. She is a sports communications assistant for external relations at ODU athletics for almost a year now, essentially the media contact for both mens and women’s tennis and women’s lacrosse. Her pregame, in-game, and post game responsibilities are to do the live game stats, social media, and sports writing for these teams (mens and women’s tennis and women’s lacrosse). Her position provides information on our teams at all times and make sure the public knows when we have games events

Her aspirations/ future endeavors are to work in broadcasting for the NFL or NBA. Although she currently works in tennis and lacrosse, Rivera-Galvez’s favorite sports are football, basketball, and gymnastics. Her favorite team is the Washington Commanders, Caitlin Clark and Jayden Daniels are her favorite athletes because as she states, “They are both very humble and give credit where it’s due while also being very confident about themselves and their skills.”.

Outside of her job, Rivera-Galvez considers herself a student and sister. In her spare time she likes to paint, read, and watch movies. Her dream is to have a job that allows her to live her best life and travel whenever she can, while hopefully staying in sports.

She had this to say when asked about her advice to those intending to enter the field of sports communication, “My best advice would be to just take the leap of faith and confidence and see where it lands and take in as much information as possible.”