First Bob Hartley Fellow named

Scott Kuykendall is Mississippi State's first recipient of the Bob Hartley Memorial Fellowship.

Named in honor of the university's former longtime sports information director and Athletic Department consultant, the Bob Hartley Memorial Fellowship was created to give internship opportunities for young media relations practitioners.

Kuykendall comes to the university from the University of Cincinnati, where he served the past year as an intern working in the Bearcats' sports information office. A native of New Berlin, Wis., Kuykendall is a 1997 graduate of Wisconsin-Platteville.

Hartley spent more than half a century promoting Mississippi State athletics. He was named the school's first sports information director in August 1946 and initially retired as assistant athletic director for communications in June 1985. He died last year.