CoSIDA Executive Director John Humenik was interviewed during his attendance at the 2011 NAIA national convention which took place April 15-19 in Kansas City, Missouri. Humenik attended the convention, met with numerous NAIA administrators, officials, school AD's and conference
commissioners, and addressed the attendees and offered CoSIDA's support to the NAIA.
Humenik was interviewed by Dave Haglund, a former athletic communications director at Fresno State and Maryland who currently serves as Commissioner for the NAIA's Cascade Conference. He spoke about CoSIDA's outreach to the various leadership and organizations in intercollegiate athletics and spoke of NAIA-SID's work over the past year.
The Humenik
interview is part of the Cascade Connections weekly podcast show, and can be found HERE at Episode #13. Episode #13 is a special NAIA Convention podcast edition, highlighting events from the national organization's annual meeting.
In Episode #13, the Humenik interview runs between 6:36 - 8:36.
The full Episode #13 interviews are as follows (Length: 23:24):
• Jim Carr, NAIA president and CEO, says momentum is building within the NAIA, and sees a bright future
• NAIA Eligibility Center update from NAIA executive vice-president John Leavens
• National office reorganizes marketing/communications, and will unveil new marketing campaign, according to NAIA vice-president Lori Joseph
• CoSIDA Executive director John Humenik spoke to attendees and offered CoSIDA's support to the NAIA; Humenik talks about the advancements and recent successes of the NAIA-SIDA group
• Former Concordia baseball player Dylan Smith recognized with NAIA's prestigious Dr. LeRoy Walker Champion of Character Award
• Cascade Conference Updates
- Oregon Tech senior Bryant Sentman is the NAIA's No. 1-ranked decathlete at the season's midway point
- Red Lion Players of the Week
- Spring sports update