Blake Baxter
Sports Information and Game Day Operations Coordinator
Blake Baxter is the Sports Information and Game Day Operations Coordinator. He manages all athletic media relations.
A 2013 Eureka College graduate with a bachelor's degree in communication, Baxter played soccer for the Red Devils and made 62 career appearances – tied for seventh most in program history. He was also a student worker in the athletic department for four years.
Baxter returned to Eureka College after spending four years working full-time in the journalism field, primarily covering high school and college sports in Iowa and Nebraska.
He also was a western Iowa sports reporter and digital editor for the Omaha World-Herald and The Daily Nonpareil in Council Bluffs, Iowa.
Previously, he was sports editor of Vinton Newspapers in Vinton, Iowa, where he covered local sports and news, and produced a feature-length documentary. He has received multiple writing and reporting awards for his work.