Delaware State names Conaway Assistant
AD for Media Relations
September 26, 2006
DOVER, Del. – Delaware State University
Athletics has announced the appointment of
LeCounte C. Conaway as the institution’s
new assistant athletics director for Media
Relations.
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LeCounte Conaway |
“I am very excited that we have someone
like Mr. Conaway coming on board in the area
of sports information and marketing, and most
specifically in media relations,” said
Athletics Director Chuck Bell . “I am
confident that his 28 years of experience in
these areas will be instrumental to us as we
continue to make DSU athletics one of the premier
sports programs in the country.”
Mr. Conaway, a Portsmouth, Va. native and
Shaw University graduate, has over 28 years
of collegiate athletics public relations and
marketing experience. Prior to joining the
DSU family, he served as the assistant athletic
director for Sports Information and Marketing
at Shaw University from 2005-2006 and also
held that same post there from 2001-2002. He
served as the president of Full Impact Network,
a media network enterprise that specializes
in radio broadcasts and internet streaming
for collegiate athletics, from 2003-2005.
Mr. Conaway first served as a sports information
director at the University of Maryland Eastern
Shore (1977) and has held several sports information
director posts at several other schools, including
Virginia State University (1981-83), Norfolk
State University (1987-88) and Hampton University
(1988-2000).
He has also served as director of Public Relations
for the Central Intercollegiate Athletics Association
(1984-87) and director of Media Relations for
the Mid-Eastern Athletics Conference (2002-03).
In addition, he served as press chief for several
NCAA regional and national tournaments, including
the 1990 and 1991 Division II National Track & Field
Championships.
He is a member of the College Sports Information
Directors of America, was a founding member
of the Virginia Sports Information Directors
Association. Most recently he served on the
Executive Board of the North Carolina Collegiate
Sports Information Association.
Mr. Conaway is the father of two daughters,
Adrienne and Brittney.
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