Tyler Cundith
Sports Information Director

In his 33rd year at JCCC, 32nd as sports information director, Tyler Cundith coordinates all media relations for the athletic department’s seven sports. He is the first full-time sports information director in the history of the college.

During his tenure, Cundith has provided the publicity for 12 national championship teams, 92 teams with a top-five finish at nationals, 115 Region/District championship teams, 147 conference championship teams and over 1,000 individual All-Americans.

On Feb. 16, 2008, Cundith was inducted to the JCCC Athletics Hall of Fame. In April 2016, Cundith was honored with a service award by the National Junior College Athletic Association. The NJCAA Service Award is the most tenured honor handed out by the Association. It is given to those - most often not an athlete - who have made significant contributions to two-year college athletics on a national level for an extended period of time. In June 2017, Cundith was presented his 25-year award from College Sports Communicators (formerly CoSIDA) and in June 2018, he received the CSC President’s Award. This award serves to honor exemplary volunteer service and leadership within the organization's committee structure in support of programs that benefit CoSIDA members. 

Cundith has served 21 years on the College Sports Communicators (CSC) Publications Committee.  He served as a Vice Chair from 2009-12, and Chair from 2012-18. At the 2015 CSC Convention, Cundith was elected to a prestigious three-year term on the CSC Board of Directors. He is the first two-year representative to serve on the CSC Board. Cundith was also part of group of community college sports information directors that founded 2YSIDA, an affiliate organization of CSC for two-year sports information professionals. Cundith served two years as President of 2YSIDA and on the CSC College Division Management Advisory Committee (CDMAC). In 2019, Cundith was appointed to serve on the CSC Governance Review Committee.

Cundith has won 294 national awards for publications and writing, including 276 by CSC. He has had 127 publications judged best in the nation, 123 by CSC, four by the NJCAA and one by the Intercollegiate Tennis Association and 2YSIDA.  He has also had 33 covers picked best in the nation by CSC.  Cundith has finished among the top five in the country for total awards won 17 times in his career, and led the country five times.  In 2002-03, Cundith led the country with 17 awards, ahead of Texas and Nebraska (15), Maryland (14) and Notre Dame and Texas A&M (13).  He again led the nation in 2010-11 with 11 publication honors, three more than Oklahoma and LSU. He made it two straight years in 2011-12, leading the country with eight national awards, and in 2012-13 he tied for the nation’s lead with LSU and Washburn with nine total awards. In 2017-18 Cundith was tops the nation for a fifth time, leading with 15 total awards ahead of Kentucky (12), Kansas, West Virginia, Slippery Rock and Washburn (11).  In 2003-04, he was awarded a career-best 19 awards, including 10 “Best in the Nation” honors, second nationally to Nebraska.

In addition to his duties at JCCC, Cundith is chairman of the school’s Athletic Hall of Fame, has served as media coordinator for four NJCAA National Championship events and numerous NJCAA regional events.

Cundith also taught golf and coordinated JCCC’s summer youth golf camps from 1991 through 2014.  In the summer of 1999, Cundith set a United States record by holing out the 488-yard par 5 sixth hole at Oak Country Golf Club in DeSoto. His ace was just eight yards shy of the world record. It was also named “The Ace of the Year” by Golf Magazine and he appeared in Sports Illustrated’s “Faces in the Crowd” in September 1999 issue.

Cundith’s experience also includes stints with the Kansas City Attack Professional Indoor Soccer team as public relations director, the Kansas City Brass of the Premier Development Soccer League as media relations director and the Kansas City Chiefs in ticket operations.  In 1995, Cundith worked for ESPN as a researcher and spotter during the NPSL All-Star Game in Buffalo.  He also served on the media relations staff at the first and second rounds of the 1997 NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Championship.  Cundith’s extensive writing background also includes coverage for Sun Publications, Major Indoor Lacrosse League, Kansas City Golf and Travel Magazine and the Kansas Jayhawk Community College Conference.

Cundith graduated from the University of Kansas in 1987 with a bachelor’s degree in communications.  In 1990, he earned his master’s degree in education/sports administration from Wichita State University. 

Cundith and his wife, Annette, have a son, Brandon, 30, a daughter-in-law, Abby, 29, a granddaughter Kendall; a daughter, Kelsey, 28 and a son-in-law, Matt.