Jack Sareault

Jack Sareault was long-time sportswriter for the Tacoma News Tribune, primarily covering golf, college and high school sports from December 1963 until July 1986. After leaving the newspaper, Jack worked as a communications officer for the Washington State Patrol, and for 16 years as a freelance writer for Associated Press, the Seattle Times and other Northwest newspapers.

From 1966 through 2002, Jack was a correspondent for Golf World magazine, and from 1969 through 2002 he was coordinator of the Northwest College Sports Service. Among other things, Jack produced annual Little All-Northwest teams in several sports including football and basketball.

Jack's involvement in Northwest college sports didn't end there, however, as he held the position of NAIA District I sports information director for 28 years. His press releases and statistical compilations, produced on a manual typewriter and then mimeographed and mailed to schools and media, still document decades of athletic happenings at the NAIA colleges and universities in Washington, northern Idaho, British Columbia and Alaska.

Additionally, Jack served as Northwest Conference sports information director for 18 years. His service to the conference is annually honored by the presentation of the Jack Sareault Award to a conference sports information director selected by his or her peers. He also received the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA) lifetime achievement award in 2004.

Born on Oct. 28, 1935 in Chehalis, Jack attended and graduated from two schools located on the same campus - Saint Martin's High School and Saint Martin's College, graduating from the latter in 1957. While in high school, Jack participated in football, basketball and track & field, and he was a four-year athlete for the college track & field team. He also served as co-coach of the Saint Martin's high school and field team for two seasons.

Jack currently lives in Gig Harbor where he spends some of his time poring over - and thinning out - the countless boxes of media guides, statistics pages and photos that he has accumulated over decades of work in the sports field.