San Bernardino Valley College Athletics

Brian Sylva
Sports Information Specialist
Office: Gym 325

View Mr. Sylva's KVCR Interview HERE
View Mr. Sylva's LinkedIn Profile HERE
Read Mr. Sylva's Record Gazette Interview HERE
Read Mr. Sylva's 2015 Beaumont Now Article HERE
Read Mr. Sylva's 2014 Beaumont Now Article HERE

Brian Sylva, hired in November 2007, is in his ninth year in charge of San Bernardino Valley College’s sports information department. Mr. Sylva is the main contact for women’s volleyball, football, men’s and women’s soccer, men’s and women’s cross country, men’s and women’s basketball, baseball, men’s and women’s track and field and softball.

Since starting at SBVC, Mr. Sylva has led the charge in taking the promotion of SBVC athletics to new heights. He oversees the promotion of the Wolverines program that has 12 sports and finished in the top 15 of the National Alliance of Two-Year College Athletic Administrators (NATYCAA) Cup in seven of the past eight years.

He has honed his craft within the field of Sports Information, using marketing strategies and social media campaigns learned while chief strategist to many local and statewide political races and nearly a decade as a reporter for the Riverside Press-Enterprise covering High School and Community College sports.

Mr. Sylva sits on the Executive Board of the Foothill Athletic Conference as the Conference Director of Sports Information representing seven member schools. Of the 112 Community College's in the state of California, 104 have an athletics program, Mr. Sylva is one of 27 full time SID's in the entire state at the Community College level.

On three separate occasions, over a seven year span, he has spearheaded the design, production and implementation of the Wolverines’ new state-of-the-art website. Mr. Sylva, with the help of historians, Roger Schmidt and Harry Carson Frye, also led the efforts for the creation and production of full-fledged media guides for men’s and women’s basketball, women’s volleyball, men’s soccer, football, baseball and softball for the first time in SBVC history.
 
In August of 2011, Mr. Sylva was the focus of a feature article in the Banning-Beaumont-Cherry Valley- Cabazon Record Gazette. His article titled “The Answer Is SBVC” was featured in Beaumont Now in November 2014. In July of 2015, Mr. Sylva wrote a critically acclaimed article in Beaumont Now about his 5 years of living in Beaumont.

Mr. Sylva was elected President Elect for the California Community College Sports Information Association (CCCSIA) in June of 2014 and has served as the judge of the State Student Athlete of the Month award on multiple occasions since 2007. He served as the head announcer for the 2010 CCCAA Women’s Volleyball State Championship and was the on-site Sports Information Assistant for the 2009 CCCAA Men’s Golf State Championship. In addition, Mr. Sylva was also the head media liaison for SBVC at the 2010 Men’s Basketball CCCAA State Championship.

Mr. Sylva, a longtime resident of the Inland Empire, has established long standing civic ties to the community. He sees voluntary public service as a great way to give back to his community and is the youngest President in the history of the Board of Directors for the Beaumont Chamber of Commerce and is also a member of the Board of Directors for the San Gorgonio Memorial Hospital Healthcare District. Mr. Sylva graduated from the University of California, Riverside in 2004 with a bachelor’s in history. He and his wife, Jennie Rose, have been married for 11 years, and they have a Beagle.

NAME: Brian Sylva
SCHOOL: San Bernardino Valley College
HOME TOWN: Riverside
AGE: Unknown
HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATED AND YEAR: Ramona/1997
MAJOR: History
STATISTICS AND ATHLETIC ACHIEVEMENTS: My senior year at Ramona, which was the height of my football bench warming prowess, I once maxed out in the dead lift at 505 pounds.
MOST MEMORABLE SPORTS MOMENT: When I was a freshman at Norte Vista, I had a kick off sail into the end zone versus Notre Dame at CSDR.
MOST EMBARRASSING SPORTS MOMENT: When I was a sophomore at Norte Vista, I was a toe-punch kicker and had Rim of the World return back-to-back kickoff returns for touchdowns on me.
PERSON MOST INFLUENTIAL IN YOUR ATHLETIC SUCCESS: Chef Boyardee
PRE-GAME RITUAL OR SUPERSTITION: I would always talk to the cheer team in-route to my seat on the bench.
FAVORITE ATHLETES: Tony Gwynn & Jerry Rice
FAVORITE SPORTS TEAMS: San Diego Padres, Los Angeles Kings, Liverpool Reds, Phoenix Suns, and San Francisco 49ers
FAVORITE TV SHOW: The Simpsons (circa late 90’s) and F Troop
FAVORITE MOVIE: An American Carol
FAVORITE FOOD: Salad, with meat
OTHER HOBBIES: Criticizing world leaders from my couch
WORST JOB YOU EVER HAD: I once worked as a dispatch operator for a tow truck company.
PEOPLE YOU WOULD MOST LIKE TO MEET: Spencer Hawes and President George W. Bush
SOMETHING PEOPLE WOULD BE SURPRISED TO KNOW ABOUT YOU: I like to get pedicures
WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO BE DOING IN FIVE YEARS? Considering this economy, I would like to be employed.