Jamie Schanback, has spent the past three seasons as the Sports Information Director for the Nanooks. She officially took over the helm in August of 2005. Prior to that she was the Sports Information Intern for the 2004-05 season, when she served as the Hockey SID, and began volunteering as an assistant coach for the women's volleyball team.

An Alaska Volleyball alumnae, Schanback played for the Nanooks from 2000-02. During her career, she was named to the Daktronics All-West Region 2nd team, led the team with 258 digs, was a Who's Who Among College Students (2001), was first in the GNAC in digs and digs/game(3.75), and was a member of the 2002 GNAC All-Academic Team.

Prior to her career with the Nanooks, Schanback attended San Diego Mesa Community College for two years where she played and earned MVP of the Pacific Coast Conference as a freshman.

After completing her eligibility she studied abroad in Guanajuato, Mexico, Buenos Aires, Argentina, and Sevilla, Spain during a multi-country semester experience. She graduated from UAF in 2005 with a Bachelor of Arts in Hispanic Studies and a Linguistics minor.

Schanback enjoys staying active at the school and in the Fairbanks community. In addition to helping the Nanook volleyball team for the past three years, she has coached with the Alaska Volleyball Camps for five summers (2002-06) and served as a "Big" with the Fairbanks Chapter of Big Brothers, Big Sisters for two of the past three years.

She lives in Fairbanks with her fiance (Randy) and dog (Kaiya).