VB 03-04 MG.pmd - Montana State University - Billings

Administration
Krista Montague started working as the Athletics Department Development &
Marketing Director in July of 2002. She was also recently appointed to the
position of Senior Women Administrator, making her the highest-ranking female
administrator in the Athletics Department.
Montague graduated from Hysham High School in 1995, where she earned a
scholarship to play basketball at MSU-Billings. She was a four-year letter
winner for the Jackets, graduating in 1999 with the school record for career free
throw percentage. As a senior, Montague helped lead MSUB to the West
Regional Championship and its only Elite Eight Appearance.
Before joining the MSU-Billings Athletics staff full time, Montague worked for
Deaconess Billings Clinic. During the summers of 2000 and 2001, she was also
the Athletics Department’s part time corporate partnership director. Krista and
her husband Brent live in the Billings Heights area and have three children, Dylan
(9), Shayla (2), and Allie, who was born this summer.
Travis Elam enters his second year as Director of Operations and Media
Relations and his third year overall with the Yellowjackets. He was a sports
information graduate assistant during the 2001-2002 school year while
completing his master’s degree in sport management.
Elam graduated from MSU-Billings in 1997 with an undergraduate degree in
English education. He went on to teach English and coach football at Browning
High School and Augusta High School before returning to Billings in 2000 as an
assistant footbal coach at Rocky Mountain College. He coached running backs
for two years at RMC while working toward his master’s degree at MSUB. He
completed his master’s last spring.
In addition to his duties at MSU-Billings, Elam is also the Conference Information
Director for the six-member Pacific West Conference, which has its main
office located in Billings. Elam and his wife Kate live on the west end of Billings.
Denise Wynia begins her third year as Administrative Assistant for the
Department of Intercollegiate Athletics. She graduated from Eastern Montana
College in 1986 with a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration,
Office Administration Option.
Wynia has been an administrative assistant at MSU-Billings since 1986, working
in the Biology and Physical Sciences Department and the Counseling and
Human Services Department. She also served in the office of the Dean of the
College of Education and Human Services as well as the Special Programs
Assistant to the Dean’s Office.
Wynia and her husband Kevin live on the west end of Billings and have three
children, Josh, John Michael, and Brittany. They also have two grandchildren,
Kendra and Ethan. In 2002, Wynia received an MSU-Billings Staff Recognition
Award for her outstanding work for the Yellowjacket Athletics Department.
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