Melanie Robotham joined the conference staff in August 2006 and serves as the Director of Media Relations for the Lone Star Conference.

Robotham is the league's fourth full-time media relations director since the conference office was established in 1996. Before joining the conference staff, Robotham was the sports information director at Texas Woman's University for two years.

Robotham oversees all facets of media relations for the NCAA Division II conference, including the handling of statistics, administrative issues, NCAA reporting and maintenance of the LSC official website - www.lonestarconference.org. She works closely with the sports information directors and senior woman administrators at each of the 15 member institutions.

As the league's Director of Media Relations, Robotham has led efforts to redesign the LSC website, including the addition of RSS content.  She moved LSC awards balloting and voting to an online process as well.

She has managed production of online video coverage for the LSC Championships and other live events, while improving publicity efforts, including photographic coverage of the league championships and logos designed specifically for each event.  In addition, Robotham coordinated the preseason media days for football and basketball.

Recently appointed to the regional advisory committee for NCAA Division II Softball, Robotham attended the NACWAA/HERS Institute for Administrative Advancement in May 2008.

Robotham has worked in college athletics since 1998, including stops at Division I Arkansas and Division II Nebraska-Kearney and South Dakota. Her association with the LSC began in August 2004, when she accepted the SID position at Texas Woman's.

In two years at TWU, she supervised the publicity and promotion of the Pioneers athletic department, with responsibilities of sports information, marketing and home event management. She orchestrated several enhancements to the TWU athletics website, including the implementation of live statistics for all sports.

Before arriving at TWU, Robotham served during the 2001-02 and 2002-03 academic years as a graduate assistant in the South Dakota sports information office before working in 2003-04 as a communications assistant in the Arkansas media relations office.

While at USD, she assisted with all aspects of the SID operation, including work with the university's football team. During her time at Arkansas, she was the primary contact for the women's softball and swimming and diving teams.

A native of Lincoln, Nebraska, Robotham gained additional professional experience by working for the CBS Sports production crew at the 2002 NCAA College World Series, and she volunteered to assist the media relations efforts at the 2003 NCAA Men's Basketball Midwest Regional in Minneapolis, Minn.

Robotham, who played four seasons as a starting shortstop and outfielder for the softball teams at Nebraska-Kearney and South Dakota, earned a bachelor's degree in 2001 and a master's degree in 2003 at USD.