University of South Dakota Athletics

Ryan Williams joined the USD Athletic Department in July 2026 as the Director of Ticket Sales and Operations. 

Williams arrives at South Dakota from Sonoma State as a Ticket Sales and Operations Specialist where he helped increase ticket sales through new season ticket and group ticket packages. He was responsible for building out all campus events in the ticketing software, while also training student workers in the box office software to sell single event tickets and ticket packages.
 
Williams spent a season with the Inland Empire 66ers, a Single-A affiliate of the Seattle Mariners, as the box office and ticket sales manager in 2022-23. From 2021-22, he was the manager of group sales for the Frederick Keys the High-A affiliate of the Baltimore Orioles.
 
Williams graduated from Oklahoma State University in 2017 with a Bachelor of Arts in sports management.