Mark Pray Named Assistant AD for Communications

April 26, 2001

CORAL GABLES, Fla. (www.hurricanesports.com) – The University of Miami announces the hiring of Mark Pray to the position of Assistant Athletic Director for Communications. Pray will oversee the athletic department’s sports media relations efforts as well as serve as the primary liaison with the department’s broadcast partners.

“We’re very pleased to be able to attract someone with the experience and ability of Mark Pray as our new Assistant Athletics Director for Communications,” said Paul Dee, UM Director of Athletics. “All of us in the Athletic Department are looking forward to working with Mark.”

For the past four years, Pray has been employed by the National Basketball Association as Director of Media Relations for the WNBA (Women’s National Basketball Association) and most recently as Director of Communications Projects for the NBA. In 1988, Pray was named as the first Director of Media Relations for the Miami Heat, a position he held until being promoted to Vice President for Communications in 1995. In his capacity as Vice President for Communications, Pray oversaw the Heat’s media relations, community relations and broadcast departments.

Pray received an undergraduate degree in Journalism from Kansas State University and a Master’s degree in Sports Administration from Ohio University.