Shawn Wansley begins his 18th year as Jones’ sports information director overseeing media relations efforts for 12 Bobcat athletic teams.
The Laurel native has covered all four recent NJCAA National Championships for Jones in men’s basketball (2013-14), baseball (2016), softball (2018) and women's soccer (2023). Cheer has also won three UCA Open Coed national titles in 2021, 2022 and 2024.
Wansley has won numerous College Public Relations Association of Mississippi (CPRAM) awards over the past decade, including Best Sports Feature Story. He and Assistant AD for Sports Information Kevin Maloney won second place in the CPRAM Sports Media Guide category in 2021 for their joint work on the 2020 Jones Football Media Guide.Wansley was also a member of the group that won a CPRAM second place in the “Annual Report” category.
Prior to joining the College in 2007, Wansley worked at Orleans Furniture Company in Columbia and was a sports writer, editor and managing editor at the Laurel Leader-Call from 1986-2007.
Wansley is an alumnus of Jones and 1983 graduate of Mississippi State in business administration.
