Steve Fenk Position: Associate Director/Communications

Steve Fenk was promoted to Associate Athletic Director for Communications in March of 2011. Fenk had served as Assistant Athletic Director for Communications from December of 2005 until his recent promotion and was an assistant sports information director prior from September of 1990. Fenk's main sport responsibility is with the football program. He oversees a staff of four full-time employees and several interns.

During his tenure he has led the promotional and communications aspects for the football program, which has experienced its most successful period in modern day history -- capturing the 2004 Insight Bowl, 2006 and 2008 Sun Bowls, and the 2007 Emerald Bowl titles. He also led a promotional campaign that eventually earned former placekicker Alexis Serna the 2005 Lou Groza Award and former receiver Mike Hass the 2005 Biletnikoff Award.

Prior to his current responsibility he worked primarily with the men's basketball program, served as editor of the football game-day program and was the primary contact for several Olympic Sports. In addition, he has been the communications coordinator for an NCAA Women's Golf Championships and is co-coordinator for the popular everyday champions program that highlights the accomplishments of current and former student-athletes on and off the fields of play.

Fenk is a member of the College Sports Information Directors of America, the Football Writers Association of America and the Basketball Writers Association of America.

Prior to arriving at OSU he served as the men's sports information director at Montana State University in Bozeman from 1988-90. He began his career as a public relations intern for the Pacific 10 Conference office in Walnut Creek, Calif., and as a press row assistant for the Golden State Warriors of the National Basketball Association. While at the Pac 10 office, he was involved mainly in women's basketball, baseball, volleyball and the 1988 Rose Bowl.

Fenk earned a bachelor's degree from Oregon State University in 1987 and also has an associate of arts degree from Mount Hood Community College (1984) in Gresham, Ore. He is a native of Tillamook, Ore.