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Michigan State’s Overmann Tabbed To College Sports Communicators 30 Under 30 Class of 2023
11/30/2023 3:40:00 PM | General, Softball, Volleyball
Assistant Director of Athletic Communications recognized by the CSC.
EAST LANSING, Mich. -- Michigan State Assistant Director of Athletic Communications Austin Overmann has been named a recipient of the College Sports Communicators 30 Under 30 Class of 2023.
The honor recognizes emerging athletics communications professionals at all levels of college sports in strategic, creative and digital spaces. Overmann is the lone recipient from a Big Ten institution. Of nearly 130 nominations submitted, this year's class includes 14 members from four different levels of NCAA Division I, three Division II members, six Division III members, five NAIA members, one member from a Canadian institution, and one two-year college member. Nominees must be 29 years old or younger on December 31, 2023 and a current 2023-24 CSC member.
"Austin is incredibly deserving of this recognition," said Matt Larson, Michigan State Associate AD/Communications. "Now in his second stint with Spartan Athletics, he's showed tremendous growth in a relatively short period of time. He does an excellent job of supporting the volleyball and softball programs, implementing innovative measures to promote his teams, while also providing all the traditional communications assistance. His ability to develop relationships with his student-athletes allows him to better tell their story. He's a team player, and makes the entire unit better by bringing new ideas to a group of seasoned professionals."
Overmann is in his second year back at Michigan State, after returning in November 2021 and is in his second year as a full-time staff member in 2023, working with the volleyball and softball programs, as well as assisting in updating and maintaining MSU's website, MSUSpartans.com.
"I'm incredibly honored to be named to the second-ever CSC 30 Under 30 class. It's humbling to be recognized by my peers so early on in my professional career," Overmann said about the CSC award. "I'm fortunate to work with amazing student-athletes and coaches at Michigan State that make this job rewarding in many ways. I feel that this honor is due in part to them as much as it is to my own hard work. Starting as a student worker at Loras College, working at a Big Ten institution had always been my dream and I could not have gotten luckier to land here at MSU."
He previously served as an Assistant Director of Athletic Communications at Cornell University from August 2019 through November 2021. Overmann was a Staff Assistant for the Michigan State Athletic Communications office during the 2018-19 academic year.
At Cornell, Overmann was the primary media contact for wrestling, men's soccer, softball, men's and women's tennis, fencing, women's rowing and men's lightweight and heavyweight rowing.
Previously at Michigan State, Overmann was the primary contact for wrestling, field hockey, men's tennis and women's rowing. Overmann covered Michigan State wrestling during a resurgent season in which the Spartans finished 10-8 in duals and placed its first All-American at the NCAA Wrestling Championships since 2014 (Rayvon Foley, 125 pounds). He also assisted with the media relations efforts of the women's basketball program as the secondary contact. Overmann played a key role in MSU's transition to a SIDEARM Sports website and NCAA LiveStats.
Prior to his first stop in East Lansing, Overmann was a graduate assistant in the Sports Information office at Illinois Wesleyan University. At IWU, Overmann assisted long-time Sports Information Director Stew Salowitz with the sports information needs of IWU's 22 varsity sports. Overmann was the media contact for an Illinois Wesleyan softball program that made back-to-back trips to the NCAA Softball Championships in Oklahoma City, Okla. during his two years. While working as a graduate assistant, Overmann earned his master's degree in kinesiology and recreation from Illinois State University.
A 2016 graduate of Loras College, in Dubuque Iowa, with bachelor's degrees in marketing and sport management, Overmann was a two-year member of Jim Naprstek's staff as an undergraduate. As Naprstek's top student assistant during the 2015-16 season, Overmann was tasked with student contact responsibilities for football, men's basketball and baseball, while working game days for each of Loras' 23 varsity sports. During his time at Loras, Overmann also served as a communications intern for United Soccer Coaches.
Overmann is a native of Davenport, Iowa and currently resides in Okemos, Mich.
Congratulations to the College Sports Communicators 30 Under 30 Class of 2023!
— College Sports Communicators (@CollSportsComm) November 30, 2023
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The honor recognizes emerging athletics communications professionals at all levels of college sports in strategic, creative and digital spaces. Overmann is the lone recipient from a Big Ten institution. Of nearly 130 nominations submitted, this year's class includes 14 members from four different levels of NCAA Division I, three Division II members, six Division III members, five NAIA members, one member from a Canadian institution, and one two-year college member. Nominees must be 29 years old or younger on December 31, 2023 and a current 2023-24 CSC member.
"Austin is incredibly deserving of this recognition," said Matt Larson, Michigan State Associate AD/Communications. "Now in his second stint with Spartan Athletics, he's showed tremendous growth in a relatively short period of time. He does an excellent job of supporting the volleyball and softball programs, implementing innovative measures to promote his teams, while also providing all the traditional communications assistance. His ability to develop relationships with his student-athletes allows him to better tell their story. He's a team player, and makes the entire unit better by bringing new ideas to a group of seasoned professionals."
Overmann is in his second year back at Michigan State, after returning in November 2021 and is in his second year as a full-time staff member in 2023, working with the volleyball and softball programs, as well as assisting in updating and maintaining MSU's website, MSUSpartans.com.
"I'm incredibly honored to be named to the second-ever CSC 30 Under 30 class. It's humbling to be recognized by my peers so early on in my professional career," Overmann said about the CSC award. "I'm fortunate to work with amazing student-athletes and coaches at Michigan State that make this job rewarding in many ways. I feel that this honor is due in part to them as much as it is to my own hard work. Starting as a student worker at Loras College, working at a Big Ten institution had always been my dream and I could not have gotten luckier to land here at MSU."
He previously served as an Assistant Director of Athletic Communications at Cornell University from August 2019 through November 2021. Overmann was a Staff Assistant for the Michigan State Athletic Communications office during the 2018-19 academic year.
At Cornell, Overmann was the primary media contact for wrestling, men's soccer, softball, men's and women's tennis, fencing, women's rowing and men's lightweight and heavyweight rowing.
Previously at Michigan State, Overmann was the primary contact for wrestling, field hockey, men's tennis and women's rowing. Overmann covered Michigan State wrestling during a resurgent season in which the Spartans finished 10-8 in duals and placed its first All-American at the NCAA Wrestling Championships since 2014 (Rayvon Foley, 125 pounds). He also assisted with the media relations efforts of the women's basketball program as the secondary contact. Overmann played a key role in MSU's transition to a SIDEARM Sports website and NCAA LiveStats.
Prior to his first stop in East Lansing, Overmann was a graduate assistant in the Sports Information office at Illinois Wesleyan University. At IWU, Overmann assisted long-time Sports Information Director Stew Salowitz with the sports information needs of IWU's 22 varsity sports. Overmann was the media contact for an Illinois Wesleyan softball program that made back-to-back trips to the NCAA Softball Championships in Oklahoma City, Okla. during his two years. While working as a graduate assistant, Overmann earned his master's degree in kinesiology and recreation from Illinois State University.
A 2016 graduate of Loras College, in Dubuque Iowa, with bachelor's degrees in marketing and sport management, Overmann was a two-year member of Jim Naprstek's staff as an undergraduate. As Naprstek's top student assistant during the 2015-16 season, Overmann was tasked with student contact responsibilities for football, men's basketball and baseball, while working game days for each of Loras' 23 varsity sports. During his time at Loras, Overmann also served as a communications intern for United Soccer Coaches.
Overmann is a native of Davenport, Iowa and currently resides in Okemos, Mich.
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