Lauren Dellipoali enters her fourth season as the communications, promotions and marketing assistant at MIT in 2024-25.
Dellipoali is a two-time Northeast Water Polo Conference (NWPC) SID of the Year and successfully nominated and promoted the 2022 NCAA Woman of the Year, Karenna Groff of the MIT women's soccer team. Additionally, she has successfully nominated two College Sports Communicators (CSC) Academic Team Members of the Year.
During her time with the Engineers, Dellipoali has served as the primary media contact for numerous NCAA Championship events including the 2023 NCAA Softball Regionals and Super Regionals, the 2021 NCAA Women's Soccer Tournament first four rounds, and the first two rounds of the 2022 and 2023 NCAA Women's Soccer Tournament.
She has served on the steering committee on the College Sports Communicatiors (CSC) Women's Group since 2023, and in 2024 was named to the board of East-Comm as the College Division Representative.
Most recently, Dellipoali worked as an athletic communications assistant at Johns Hopkins University (Md.) from 2017-2019, where she was the primary contact for nine varsity teams. In addition to her regular-season work, she provided coverage and social media content for the women’s basketball team’s first trip to the NCAA Tournament in six years, as well as the baseball team’s appearance in the 2019 College World Series.
Dellipoali began her collegiate athletics career at Wesleyan University (Conn.), where she served as the athletic communications intern from 2015-2017 and assisted with publicizing the department’s 29 varsity programs. Prior to Wesleyan, she served in two roles as ESPN from 2013-2015 and as a highlights intern for NBC Sports for the 2012 Summer Olympics.
A 2012 graduate of Syracuse University (N.Y.), Dellipoali earned her Bachelor of Science degree in television, radio and film. She also earned her Bachelor of Arts in psychology, with a minor in management studies.
