Staff Directory

Jonathan Fraysure

Title:
Director of Communications (W-Soccer, M-Basketball, Cross Country/Track & Field)
Email:
Phone:
561-430-7148

Jonathan Fraysure rejoined the Florida Atlantic University communications staff in July of 2026 as the director of communications. His primary sports are women's soccer, men's basketball, and men’s and women’s cross country and women’s track and field.

He returns to athletics after most recently serving as media relations assistant director in the Division of University Communications, also on FAU's Boca Raton campus, a position he began in February of 2023. His role encompassed academic life and university initiatives, preparing news content including press releases, stories on the FAU News Desk website, and content on all of the university's social media platforms.

Fraysure's previous tenure in FAU athletics started in August of 2016 as the assistant director of communications, and he was elevated to the department's director in September of 2021. His primary sports at that time were women's soccer, men's basketball and baseball, and he remained in that role until January of 2022.

Prior to returning to FAU, Fraysure spent four years at Nova Southeastern University in Fort Lauderdale. He began his tenure there in November of 2012 as the athletics communications coordinator, and was promoted to manager of athletics communications in December of 2015. At the time of his departure, he was the primary contact for men's and women's soccer, men's and women’s basketball, and men's and women's golf.

In his time at NSU, he also served as the contact for baseball, men's and women's swimming and diving, women's tennis and volleyball. He was the athletic department's primary editor and served as broadcaster for women's basketball, who advanced to the NCAA Division II Elite Eight three times.

Fraysure served as media relations assistant at FAU from December of 2011 until November 2012. He was the contact for men's soccer, men's and women's swimming and diving, men's and women's golf, and men’s and women’s cross country and women’s track and field. He was also the secondary contact for football.

Before beginning work in the sports information field, Fraysure had seven years of background in the media. At WFTM radio in Maysville, Kentucky, he announced high school basketball, football, baseball and softball games. His experience included broadcasting games at the annual KHSAA Boys' Sweet Sixteen state championship basketball tournament held at Rupp Arena in Lexington, Kentucky.

Prior to that, Fraysure was Sports Editor at the Ledger Independent daily newspaper, also located in Maysville, overseeing a department that covered 26 teams in two states. In addition, his writing experience included contributing to the annual Cats' Pause Basketball Yearbook, previewing boys’ and girls’ high school basketball in the Northern Kentucky area.

A native of Maysville, Fraysure earned a Bachelor of Science degree in journalism, with an emphasis on broadcast, from the University of Kentucky in June of 2002. He and his wife, Meredith, have been married since 2004. They have one daughter, Gracy, who is a 19-year-old industrial design major that also plays volleyball at the Rochester Institute of Technology. The family lives in Boynton Beach, Florida.