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Ryan Wronkowicz – Lourdes University, Assistant Athletic Director / Sports Information Director
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In this video, Lourdes University Assistant AD/Sports Information Director
Ryan Wronkowicz is interviewed by Tommy Chasanoff, University of the Cumberlands. Wronkowicz is responsible for all of the media relations efforts for the Gray Wolves' 24 varsity sports at the NAIA school. Lourdes is located in suburban Sylvania, Ohio in the Great Lakes Region. He also has been a national voter for numerous NAIA national and conference awards and sport polls.
For his outstanding work, Wronkowicz has been selected as the Mike Dean Sports Information Director of the Year in the Wolverine-Hoosier Athletic Conference four times (2012-2013, 2013-2014, 2016-2017, and most recently, in 2020-2021). Prior to his work at Lourdes, Wronkowicz began his career at Valparaiso University in August of 2000 as the assistant SID. Working with nearly every sport at Valpo during his 12-year tenure, he spent 12 years there, being elevated to Associate Director of Athletics for Media Relations in 2009 before leaving for Lourdes.
Wronkowicz pictured with Rob Miller, WHAC Commissioner, who presented Ryan with one of his four WHAC Mike Dean Sports Information Director of the Year honors. Photo credit: Lourdes Athletics.
Ryan Wronkowicz at a Lourdes event.