OKLAHOMA CITY - With the 2019-20 season about to commence, the Mid-America Christian University athletics department has announced the hiring of Adam Stanek to fill the recently vacated spot of Sports Information Director. Stanek returns to the NAIA, and he will be in his first lead SID job after spending nine seasons working in athletics at four different schools. Stanek will be responsible for the promotion of the Evangels' seven intercollegiate sports, beginning his duties in the final week of August.

""I am honored to be moving into the Sports Information Director role at MACU," Stanek stated when the hiring was announced. "I would like to thank Athletic Director Marcus Moeller for providing me the opportunity to be a part of a very successful Evangels athletic program. I was overwhelmed by the kindness and hospitality of the MACU athletic staff during the hiring process. I praise God for blessing me with this wonderful opportunity and I am looking forward to being a part of the MACU family."

Moeller said of Stanek, "Adam is a great addition to our team. He has been in the SID world collegiately for quite a while and has a ton of experience to draw from as we try to continually get better at promoting and celebrating our incredible student-athletes. I'm really looking forward to working alongside Adam!"

Stanek recently completed his first year as the Coordinator of Sports Information and Media at Eastern New Mexico University. Stanek served as the Greyhounds' primary media contact for volleyball, cross country, men's basketball, baseball and track & field during his time in Portales.

He started at ENMU in September 2018 and played a vital role in improving the operations of the sports information office where he contributed to the website re-design for goeasternathletics.com, which launched in May of 2019. Stanek was also charged with the operations of the ENMU video board at all home events at Greyhound Stadium as well as managing the video streams and replay systems.

Prior to ENMU, Stanek served as the Field Support Operational Manager for Global Franchise Opportunities based in Pompano Beach, Florida, managing the franchise company's digital marketing, home office operations as well as franchisee consultation. Stanek also served as the Assistant Sports Information Director at Keiser University in West Palm Beach, Florida before moving into his role at GFO.

Before moving to Florida in the fall of 2017, Stanek served as the Assistant Director of Athletic Communications for Arkansas Tech University, an NCAA Division II institution in the Great American Conference (GAC), based out of Russellville, Arkansas for two years. In his role, Stanek was the primary digital media producer for the athletic department, handling all of the produced video content, including: highlight reels, previews, student-athlete interviews, coaches' shows, promotional videos and managed event live streams. Stanek was the primary sports contact for the ATU cross country, golf and tennis programs.

Prior to ATU, Stanek served as the Sports Information Graduate Assistant for Winona State University, an NCAA DIvision II institution located in Winona, Minnesota, part of the Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference (NSIC) for the 2014-15 athletic year. Stanek was the primary multimedia specialist for the Winona State Athletic Department, producing all video content for the WSU Athletics YouTube page and website, as well as serving as the primary sports contact for the cross country, volleyball, men's basketball, baseball, and track & field programs.

Stanek attended Winona State University from 2005-2009 before coming back to his alma mater to pursue a degree in Sports Management in 2014. As an undergraduate at Winona State, Stanek was highly involved with WSU Athletic Department as a student journalist and broadcaster. Stanek reported on Warrior athletic events as a sports reporter for the WSU student newspaper, The Winonan, was a play-by-play and color commentator for WSU football, basketball and baseball games on top of being an analyst for the weekly sports talk show, "The KQAL Sports Rundown," and also served as a sports anchor, reporter, and videographer for WSU News 24, a student-run news broadcast that aired on a local Hiawatha Broadband Communications cable channel.