Justin Stottlemyre is no stranger to writing about baseball having spent the last six years working in athletic media and public relations at the professional baseball and intercollegiate athletics levels.

Stottlemyre got his start in professional baseball with the independent Northern League, working two years each in the front offices of the Sioux Falls Canaries and Fargo-Moorhead RedHawks. Prior to moving to Bellingham, Stottlemyre worked in the minor league media relations department of the Florida Marlins system.

Along with his experience in baseball, Stottlemyre spent a year in the athletic media relations department at Baylor University and previously worked for the Argus Leader in Sioux Falls, S.D.

Stottlemyre earned his B.A. in sport management and journalism from Bemidji State University in Minnesota and is currently pursuing his M.A. in communications and public relations from South Dakota State University.