VESTAL, N.Y. - Binghamton Associate Athletics Director for Corporate Partnerships
Brian Jester is being inducted into the Union-Endicott High School Athletics Hall of Fame Friday night. Jester is among the Tigers' Class of 2025 and will be honored at a ceremony at the nearby school.
A 1985 graduate of U-E, Jester starred in baseball and football for the Tigers. At quarterback, he held the football single-season passing yards record for 29 years and was the team MVP as a senior. On the diamond, he was a prolific power hitter who earned a spot on the University of Georgia roster as a walk-on freshman. Four years later, he was an All-American and led the Bulldogs to their first College World Series title in 1990, and first by an SEC school. Jester hit a team-high .364 and totaled 17 home runs and 64 RBI. He played first base and DH for Georgia and finished his career as an All-SEC and Academic All-SEC selection.
He graduated with a bachelor's degree in psychology and returned to campus to earn his master's degree in sport management 2006. During his second stint at Georgia as Director of Baseball Operations, Jester helped steer the Bulldogs to three more College World Series berths and he owns the rare distinction of being part of five of the six CWS teams in school history, including its two most successful teams (1990, 2008).
After playing one season professionally in the Atlanta Braves organization, Jester began a career in sales. He worked as an account executive with prominent sporting goods companies CAF and Easton Sports for nearly 14 years before returning to college athletics. He returned to the region in 2009 as Associate Director of Athletics at SUNY Oneonta, where he headed the Red Dragons' marketing and fundraising efforts. Jester traded SUNY schools and colors in 2014 when he arrived at Binghamton.
Now in his 11th year with the Bearcats, Jester oversees the division's corporate partnerships. He also is a sport administrator and longest-tenured member of the external advancement team. Jester still shares his vast baseball knowledge as an analyst for America East postseason tournament games.
The U-E Class of 2025 also includes former Bearcat standouts CJ Krowiak '18 and Griffin McIver '16. Krowiak was a three-sport standout at U-E before becoming a two-time all-conference outfielder for the Bearcats. He led Binghamton to the NCAA Regionals in 2016. McIver was an all-state selection in high school before earning all-conference and all-region accolades for the Bearcats. She helped the 2015 squad advance to the NCAA Regionals.
