Saint Joseph's University

Nikki Philpot enters her eighth year at Saint Joseph's and begins her first year as the primary media contact for the women's basketball program in 2019-20, while continuing to work with the men's lacrosse, men's soccer, and men's and women's track and field and cross country programs. Philpot was the primary media contact for the women's lacrosse program for seven years and served as the media coordinator for the 2015 and 2016 NCAA Women's Lacrosse Final Four Championships at Talen Energy Stadium.

Philpot also hosted four Northeast Conference Men's Lacrosse Championships and the 2017 A-10 Women's Lacrosse Championships, and served as the play-by-play broadcaster for softball. She was awarded the Saint Joseph's track and field program's 2018-19 Frank Manion Award for contributions to the program in October 2019.

A 2013 graduate of Saint Joseph's with a M.A. in Writing Studies and a 2010 graduate of Dominican College of Blauvelt with a bachelor's degree in English, Philpot was a four-year letterwinner for the DC softball team, earning 2009 NFCA All-American Scholar-Athlete recognition, and a four-year member of the Student-Athlete Advisory Committee. Following graduation from Dominican, Philpot fulfilled a yearlong internship in the Chargers' Sports Information Office.

She is originally from Dingmans Ferry, Pennsylvania, and resides in Keyport, N.J.