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October
5, 2004
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- Prouty Promoted to Assistant A.D. for Media
Relations at Longwood
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- Farmville, Va. –
Longwood University Director of Athletics Rick Mazzuto has
announced the recent promotion of sports information director
Greg Prouty to the position of Assistant Athletics Director for
Media Relations within the institution’s department of
intercollegiate athletics. Prouty has been the SID at
Longwood since 1997.
“Greg’s promotion is a result of a continuing pattern of
quality work within the Athletics Department,” explained
Mazzuto. “The change is also a reflection of the
increasing importance of media relations to the success of the
Department’s mission and the widening range of responsibility
for Mr. Prouty as the department’s media specialist.”
In his eighth year, Prouty coordinates all publicity and
promotion of the University’s 14-sport athletics program, an
independent member of the NCAA as Longwood competes during the
second year of its four-year reclassification toward Division I
certification in September 2007. He previously was the
assistant SID at Longwood from 1991-95 before serving two years
(1995-97) as the SID at nearby Lynchburg College.
“I truly appreciate Rick Mazzuto’s confidence in my position
that this promotion demonstrates,” said Prouty. “I
have thoroughly enjoyed my 11-plus years of association with
Longwood and Lancer Athletics, and look forward to continuing my
service to this institution, administration, and
student-athletes.”
Prouty served as the media coordinator for both the 2003 and
2002 NCAA Division II Men’s & Women’s Soccer
Championships in Virginia Beach, and has also served as the
assistant media coordinator for five Division II Softball
Championships in Salem. Additionally, he served as the
official scorer for the 1999 Division II Softball Championship.
Prouty is a member of the College Sports Information
Directors of America (CoSIDA), and the Virginia Sports
Information Directors (VaSID). He currently serves on the
CoSIDA Charity Committee, and has received six citations of
excellence from CoSIDA for publications, including two 'Best in
the Nation' awards.
Prouty is a December 1988 graduate of Eastern Kentucky
University, earning a B.A. in public relations with an option in
sports information. He completed a one-year internship at
ABC affiliate WTVQ-TV in Lexington, Ky. while completing his
undergraduate degree before serving a public relations
internship with the Indianapolis Colts during the 1989 NFL
season.
A native of Norwich, Ohio, Prouty and his wife Paula, a 1985
Longwood graduate, have a daughter, Megan Leigh (6).
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For Immediate Release