Patrick Newton has been promoted to Assistant Sports Information Director at UALR after spending the past two years on staff as a sports information assistant. A 2006 graduate of the University of Kentucky, Newton's duties will include serving as the primary contact for the women's basketball, soccer, track and field, and cross country teams.

Newton joined the Department of Athletics at the start of the 2010-11 season and spent the past two years with the Sports Information Department as a full-time intern. In that role, Newton handled all media relations duties for the soccer, tennis, and swimming and diving programs, while also serving as the secondary contact for Trojan baseball.

In his first year at UALR, Newton assisted with media relations responsibilities as the men's basketball team advanced to the 2011 NCAA Tournament. This past season, Newton was a key member of the media relations staff as the Department of Athletics hosted two rounds of the 2012 NCAA Women's Basketball Championship at the Jack Stephens Center. In addition to his many duties at UALR, Newton served on the media relations staff at the 2011 and 2012 Sun Belt Conference Basketball Championships.

Newton came to UALR after spending the 2009-10 season as a Media Relations Intern at Cal State Northridge, where he assisted in the day-to-day operations of CSUN's media relations department, while also helping to maintain CSUN's athletics website. In addition to his experiences at CSUN, Newton worked as a videographer for Inspire Entertainment while living in California. While in college, Newton spent two summers working for Exploration Summer Programs in Wellesley, Ma. After starting as a Boards Coordinator in his first summer with the program, Newton was promoted to Athletics Director his second year.

He graduated from the University of Kentucky in 2006 with a bachelor's degree in economics, and went on to earn a master's degree in sports administration from Eastern Kentucky University in 2009. He is a member of the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA) and the North American Society for Sports Management (NASSM).