Travis Chell

Travis Chell was named Assistant Commissioner for Communications on March 18, 2024.

Chell joined the Conference Carolinas league office after 11 years at King University. In 11 years in Bristol, Chell helped develop and grow the athletic communications department following the transition to NCAA Division II and Conference Carolinas. He created and grew the Tornado social media channels as well as the broadcasting efforts. With his help, King was able to change to multiple camera angles for their broadcasts over the last two years.

Chell has served as the chair of the Conference Carolinas Athletic Communications Committee since being voted into that position in 2015. Along with that, he chaired the website committee for Conference Carolinas as part of a league-wide rebrand in 2017. That work continued as he served on the broadcasting committee that helped Conference Carolinas setup standards for their broadcasts.

Following the 2022-23 season, the King athletic communications office that consisted of Chell and Stevie Larson was selected Conference Carolinas Athletic Communications Staff of the Year.

Along with Conference Carolinas service, Chell served on the women’s soccer regional advisory committee (RAC) from 2015-17 and the softball RAC from 2020-23. Chell also served on the College Sports Communicators (CSC) Academic All-America Committee and has been the southeast region’s representative for the last three years after being voted into that position in 2021.

Chell has helped host many Conference Carolinas championships on campus as well as the softball championship each of the last 11 years. King hosted Conference Carolinas Championships in men’s basketball as well as men’s and women’s volleyball and acrobatics & tumbling.