Madison Chapman joined Youngstown State Athletics on a full-time basis in May 2024 as the department’s Social Media Coordinator.
Chapman’s charge will be to increase the department’s presence on social media platforms and find unique ways to showcase YSU’s student-athlete success stories. Through creating content and mobilizing the Athletics Communications office’s student team, she will meet the growing digital needs of the department’s coaches, student-athletes and support staff. Chapman will also work in the University’s Marketing and Communications Office.
Chapman, a two-time YSU graduate, previously served her alma mater for two years as a graduate assistant in the Athletics Communications office. She was the primary communications contact for the cross country, lacrosse and swimming and diving programs during the 2022-23 and 2023-24 seasons. Among her duties was creating content to post on social media platforms and the department’s website, YSUsports.com. She spearheaded campaigns for two Horizon League cross country championship teams and helped create communications strategies alongside support staff, coaches and student-athletes for each program.
Chapman has been with the department since she was a freshman in 2018. Her time began as a student assistant in the athletics communications office as a football gameday support worker. Her duties increased throughout her undergraduate experience, and she grew into roles creating graphics and writing website recaps for several sports.
Chapman is a native of Columbiana, Ohio, who earned her bachelor’s degree from YSU’s Williamson College of Business Administration in May 2022. Her concentration was in sports management through an individualized curriculum plan, and she minored in marketing. Chapman graduated summa cum laude as an Honors Scholar with Distinction, and she was a member of the Beta Gamma Sigma International Business Honorary Society. She earned her master’s in professional communication in May 2024.
