Adam Stanek is entering into his eighth year as the Sports Information Director at Mid-America Christian for the 2026-27 academic year.
Overall, Stanek serves as the primary contact for all 12 of MACU's athletic programs as handles cross-campus and public communications for MACU Athletics. On-top of managing the MACU Athletics website and social media accounts, Stanek is also responsible for livestat operations, statistical reporting, event livestream operations, serves as the play-by-play broadcaster for volleyball, and PA announcer for men's and women's soccer, baseball, and softball while also occasionally filling in as a play-by-play broadcaster for baseball and softball as well. Stanek also handles a large portion of the MACU Athletics publications, including game previews, postgame stories, game programs, and record books.
Outside of MACU, Stanek also serves as a freelance statistician and PA announcer for athletic events in the OKC area, including serving as one of the statisticians for the NAIASB Invitational in Shawnee, Oklahoma and is an active member of the College Sports Communicators (CSC).
In his seven-year tenure with MACU, Stanek has covered some of the most successful teams in the history of its athletic programs, including four Sooner Athletic Conference (SAC) Men's Soccer Championships, four SAC Men's Soccer Tournament Championships, an NCCAA Men's Soccer National Championship, a SAC Women's Soccer Championship, SAC Women's Basketball Championship, SAC Women's Basketball Tournament Championship, SAC Baseball Championship, and two SAC Baseball Tournament Championships. The Evangels have also captured an NAIA Opening Round Championship in Baseball, Men's Soccer, and Women's Basketball in that time frame.
During this stretch, Stanek has been named the Sooner Athletic Conference Sports Information Director of the Year three times (2020-21, 2022-23, 2024-25).
Prior to coming to MACU, Stanek was the Coordinator of Sports Information and Media at Eastern New Mexico University for the 2018-19 academic year. Stanek served as the Greyhounds' primary media contact for volleyball, cross country, men's basketball, baseball and track & field during his time in Portales.
Stanek 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.
Before going to ENMU, Stanek served as the Field Support Operational Manager for Global Franchise Opportunities, a franchising company based in Pompano Beach, Florida. Stanek managed the franchising company's digital marketing, home office operations as well as franchisee consultation for one of the largest home inspection franchises in Canada. Stanek also served as the Assistant Sports Information Director at Keiser University in West Palm Beach in the fall of 2017 before moving into his role at GFO.
Prior to moving to Florida in the fall of 2017, Stanek served as the Assistant Director of Athletic Communications at Arkansas Tech University, an NCAA Division II institution 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 cross country, golf and tennis programs.
Stanek was previously the Sports Information Graduate Assistant for Winona State University, an NCAA Division II institution located in Winona, Minnesota 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.
Stanek attended Winona State from 2005-09 before coming back to his alma mater to pursue a Master's 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." Stanek 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.
Stanek currently lives in Oklahoma City and attends Shartel Church of God. Stanek received his B.A. in Mass Communication: Broadcasting from Winona State.
