Andrea Ohta joined the UC Irvine Athletics Media Relations staff in September 2016. She is the primary contact for women’s basketball, men’s golf, men’s tennis and cross country/track & field.
Ohta came to UCI from Long Beach State where she spent eight years as an assistant and associate media relations director. Prior to that, she served as a media relations assistant at San Diego State.
Ohta earned her bachelor’s degree in kinesiology from Occidental College where she played volleyball and softball. She was the SCIAC Women’s Volleyball Player of the Year and received All-America honors as a sophomore. She went on to earn her master’s in Sport Management at Long Beach State.