Troy Baranik is entering his second year as the Sports Information Director at Div. II Allen University and his 12th year overall as an SID.
Prior to Allen, Baranik was the full-time SID at Div. III NC Wesleyan University in Rocky Mount for four years where he was in charge of 16 sports. Before Wesleyan, Baranik worked at his alma mater, St. Andrews University, in Laurinburg, NC for 6 and 1/2 years where he served as the primary media contact for all 21 NAIA SAU varsity athletic teams since 2012.
While at Wesleyan, Baranik hosted numerous NCAA Tennis Postseason Regional Tournaments as well as numerous conference championship events in the sports of baseball, cross country, tennis and golf. He also hosted the NJCAA regional tournament.
Baranik is a 2011 graduate of St. Andrews University, NC where he earned a B.A. in Sport and Recreational Studies.
He was also a four-year varsity wrestler under his father, Joe Baranik, the former wrestling coach at St. Andrews.
Baranik completed an internship in 2011-12 with the Penn State University Athletic Communications Dept. where he worked with such sports as Football, Soccer, Volleyball, and Wrestling.
While at Penn State, Baranik also interned at ESPN Radio's local affiliate 1450 in State College, Pa. where he covered college football games, high school football games and wrestling matches while editing radio footage from the days' broadcasts. Baranik would also report scores and game reports live over the station's airwaves after games as well.
Baranik serves as Allen's primary communications liaison with the SIAC Athletic Conference and the NCAA. He submits all of the Allen Athletic statistics to the conference and NCAA. Maintaining Allen's official athletics website, distributing press releases to sports media outlets and producing team rosters are all on Baranik’s new agenda.
“We are very excited to add Troy to our staff," commented Director of Athletics Jasher Cox. "He brings a wealth of experience and expertise from a similar small, North Carolina private school setting. He is a great fit with our current staff and I’m sure our students will benefit greatly from his efforts.”
Baranik resides in Blythewood with his wife, Liz, and dog, Katie.
Baranik can also be reached at his office number, 803-376-5890.
