Jordan Kehoe joined the UC Irvine Athletic Department as a media relations assistant in July 2022, serving as the primary communications contact for men’s basketball, men’s water polo, women’s water polo, and women’s tennis.
Kehoe comes to Irvine from George Mason University where she held the communications assistant position as the primary sport contact for women’s soccer, men’s volleyball, and softball with secondary responsibilities to men’s and women's basketball for the 2021-22 academic year.
While at Mason, Jordan led the social media efforts for her respective teams, creating content, running campaigns, and analyzing social media statistics and trends. In just nine months, Kehoe was able to grow George Mason softball social media accounts (Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter) by a combined 38 percent, with the Instagram page growing over 50 percent. In addition, Jordan was able to reach the 15,000-follower mark on the Mason Softball twitter account, the largest followed George Mason Athletics account, during her tenure with the Patriots.
Along with growing social media platforms, Kehoe increased communication efforts for her programs by creating game notes for softball as well as a template for women’s soccer to enhance broadcasts both at home and on the road. In May 2022, she served as the host media relations contact for the Atlantic 10 Conference Softball Championship Tournament.
Prior to her stint at George Mason, Jordan served as both a sports information intern (2020) and sports information student assistant (2017-20) during her undergraduate career at Roanoke College.
As a sports information intern, Kehoe acted as the primary media contact for the men's and women's tennis. During the 2020 COVID shutdown, Jordan ran the Division III Week campaign on social media, the first time in program history that Roanoke participated. She also analyzed and compiled social media statistics to create materials for potential sponsors.
As a student assistant, Jordan managed website content for several Maroons sports and assisted with game day press box operations.
Her athletic communications portfolio also includes a stint as social media coordinator for the NCAA Division III Women's Basketball Championship in March 2019, as well as work on staffs at the Old Dominion Athletic Conference Basketball Championship Tournaments (2017-20) and Hoop Group DC Jam Fest AAU Basketball Tournament (2019).
Kehoe graduated from Roanoke in May 2020 with a degree in sport management and a concentration in human resource management. Jordan also graduated from West Virginia University with a master's in sport management in August 2022.
A Fairfax, Virginia native, Kehoe currently resides in Irvine.
