The New Trier Athletics Department created a Twitter account (@AthleticsNTHS) Jan. 9, sharing school athletic information and making game results more accessible for students, parents, and alumni.

Over a month ago the New Trier Athletics Department decided it would be in the school’s best interest to create a department Twitter account in order to promote Trevian athletic events.

According to athletic director Randy Oberembt, several other athletic departments in the North Suburbs, such as rival Evanston Township, have begun to use Twitter to promote student athletic activities. Seeing this, New Trier followed suit and created an account devoted only to athletics.

The account features game updates and results, alumni updates, and promotes a wide variety of New Trier athletic teams and athletes.

The tweets provide updates on former New Trier athletes and their success at the collegiate level, ranging from Stanford lacrosse star Kelsey Murray and Dartmouth basketball player Connor Boehm, to USC swimmer and Olympic-hopeful Reed Malone and St. Louis Cardinal baseball player Charlie Tilson.

Another benefit of the twitter account is their live tweeting, which provides students and fans alike with an opportunity to follow the action from their phones when they can’t make it to games. This was extremely beneficial with New Trier girls basketball’s trip to state, where only a few loyal students were able to make the drive out to Bloomington.

“We wanted to be able to share up-to-the-minute information to those interested, whether it be students, family, or friends who are unable to attend, or those who live out-of-state and still are interested in New Trier Athletics,” said Oberembt.

Although many individual New Trier athletic teams have their own Twitter accounts, such as Swimming, Girls Lacrosse, and Softball, the new athletics Twitter promotes all New Trier-sponsored sports.

“We do want a central account under the direction of the administration,” said Oberembt. “While many of the New Trier athletic programs have their own twitter accounts, we, the athletic administration, in a supervising capacity could promote New Trier athletics overall.”

New to the internet world, the account has not yet caught the eye of many New Trier students.

Ashley Martinez, a sophomore, said “I have not heard of the [New Trier Athletics] Twitter, but I think it’s a good idea to have score updates accessible for students to see.”

Oberembt addressed the lack of students who know about the account.

“Once we get settled and comfortable with our account, we will be more aggressive about promoting our account and the information it offers.”

Oberembt also stated that the account is available on New Trier’s new website and that free notifications for all New Trier athletics scheduling is also available on the athletics page of the website.

“The [New Trier Athletics] Twitter will provide information generally, what would normally be under the athletic department,” said Oberembt. “Our goal is for alumni and those not part of our school to be able to experience New Trier and be able to keep in touch with New Trier Athletics.”