LAWRENCEVILLE, Ga. – The Southern
Collegiate Athletic Conference (SCAC) has rounded out its office
staff for the 2013-14 academic year with the hiring of James Hill
as the league’s next Assistant Commissioner.
A former SCAC student-athlete, Hill was most recently the Director
of Sports Information at LeTourneau University, a NCAA Division III
institution located in Longview, Texas, where he was the primary
media contact for all 13 varsity sports and in charge of
administering the school's athletic website as well as the athletic
department's Facebook and Twitter pages.
Prior to his one year at LeTourneau, Hill worked as the Sports
Information Director at his alma mater and former SCAC member
Millsaps College.
"As a former student-athlete of the Southern Collegiate Athletic
Conference, I have long admired what the conference has been able
to accomplish for Division III athletics and student-athletes in
particular,” said Hill. “I am honored to take the role
of Assistant Commissioner and am grateful for the opportunity given
to me by Commissioner Hanberry and the SCAC President's Council.
With the conference moving to eight schools, I look forward to
bringing continued excellence to the SCAC name in the days, weeks
and months ahead."
In addition to his work at Millsaps, Hill has prior experience
with the conference as the play-by-play announcer at the 2011 and
2012 SCAC Baseball Tournaments as well as the 2010 and 2011 SCAC
Men’s and Women’s Basketball Tournaments.
As a student-athlete at Millsaps, Hill was a member of a
Majors’ football program that won three consecutive
SCAC championships.
“The SCAC is excited to have James coming aboard with the
conference office,” said SCAC Commissioner Dwayne Hanberry.
“I am very familiar with James’ work while he was at
Millsaps – both as a student-assistant and as the
school’s sports information director – and I have
always been impressed with his energy, his enthusiasm and his
dedication to his craft.”
“Additionally, James already has a working relationship with
many of our league’s SIDs, and his prior knowledge of SCAC
policies and procedures should allow him to hit the ground running
this fall.”
Hill will officially begin his position with the SCAC office on
August 1.