Marie Wozniak was named Associate Athletic Director for Communications at the start of the 2019-20 academic year and brought more than 25 years of athletic communications experience to Rowan.Â
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She supervises the athletic communications office and oversees the publicity, digital and social media efforts for the Profs' 18 varsity sports, while also serving on the department's senior staff.Â
Wozniak came to Rowan from Saint Joseph's University after spending15 years as associate athletic director for communications at Saint Joseph's University. During her time at Saint Joseph's, she oversaw the Hawks' athletic communications efforts for 20 varsity sports and was the media contact for SJU's men's basketball program. She spearheaded the media coverage during one of Saint Joseph's most memorable seasons in 2003-04 when the men's basketball team achieved the nation's number-one ranking, produced a 27-0 regular season, and advanced to the NCAA Elite Eight, led by the Consensus National Player of the Year Jameer Nelson and the Consensus National Coach of the Year Phil Martelli.Â
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Prior to that, Wozniak was on the staff at Seton Hall University for 10 years, including five as assistant athletic director for communications where she was the primary media contact for the men's basketball program. She began her career with a four-year stint as associate commissioner at the East Coast Conference and was a graduate assistant in the sports information office at Temple University for more than two years prior to that.Â
In addition to working numerous NCAA Basketball Championship events, Wozniak served as the media coordinator for the 2009 NCAA Men's Basketball First and Second Rounds in Philadelphia and as the co-media coordinator for the 1999 NCAA Men's Basketball East Regional in East Rutherford, NJ.
A native of Haddon Township, NJ who resides in Collingswood, NJ, Wozniak earned her bachelor's degree in communications at Villanova University and received her master's degree in sports administration from Temple.