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Ty G. Allushuski (born May 23, 1986) is an American award-winning sports writer, editor, publisher, and renowned expert in the field of social media communications. He served as Assistant Director of Admissions at The University of Mississippi, in Oxford, Mississippi, United States. He currently serves as Coordinator of Urban Mobility and Maven Communications at General Motors in Detroit, Michigan.
Prior to returning to his alma mater to work in Higher Education, Allushuski was the sports editor of “The Lamar Times” and “The Petal News,” a pair of weekly newspapers in Hattiesburg, Mississippi.
Previously, Allushuski worked as an editor and contributor for the Web site, RotoExperts.com covering fantasy sports. He served as sports editor of The Oxford Enterprise, a weekly newspaper serving Oxford, Miss., and the surrounding Lafayette County area. He was also the owner and publisher of the former ESPN-affiliate Web site, InsideTheGrove.com.
Allushuski's sports writing career began while a student at the University of Mississippi. He covered Ole Miss sports as both a beat writer and columnist for the school's newspaper, The Daily Mississippian.
Between his sophomore and junior years, he interned at USA Today and wrote stories on the College World Series, the NFL and many different prep sports, among other topics. He later signed a freelance agreement with the paper to write a piece on former NFL quarterback Joe Montana that never actually ran. He later worked at The Birmingham News as a post-graduate intern. Allushuski mainly covered prep sports in Shelby County in suburban Birmingham, Alabama. He also assisted with the paper's coverage of Alabama and head coach Nick Saban during the Crimson Tide's rise to No. 1 nationally in the fall of 2008. Allushuski was also the paper's de facto golf writer during his time there, and covered the 2008 U.S. Junior Amateur Championship at Shoal Creek.
Allushuski has been published on SI.com, Rivals.com, Scout.com, ESPN.com and in newspapers The Houston Chronicle, The Newark Star-Ledger, The Baton Rouge Advocate, and The Jackson (Miss.) Clarion-Ledger.