WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. – Eric Hunt has been named Penn College's Coordinator of Athletic Communications and Club Sports, it was announced Thursday. Hunt will begin his duties Aug. 28.

The new position was made possible through the NCAA Ethnic Minorities and Women's Internship Grant. The grant funds full-time, entry-level athletics administrative positions for two academic years to Division II and Division III members and conferences that are committed to enhancing ethnic minority and gender representation. Penn College's Athletics Diversity and Inclusion Designee, Pankil Chander, spearheaded the effort for the new position.

"I am extremely excited for the opportunity to bring my family back to the Williamsport area and to be a Penn College Wildcat," Hunt said. "I'm appreciative of Matt Blymier, Scott Kennell, and the hiring committee for selecting me for this position. Penn College is on the rise as an athletics department, and I am excited to share the student-athletes success and enhance the Penn College brand."

Hunt spent the past two years as the Assistant Director of Communications for Division I ASUN Conference. He was the primary media contact for men's soccer, men's and women's lacrosse, and softball and was the conference representative for several championships. Hunt also spearheaded the conference's website redesign and transition to a new content management system.

"We're thrilled to welcome Eric to Penn College," Assistant Director of Athletics Matt Blymier said. "His experience at multiple levels, institutions, and a conference office will allow us to maximize the storytelling and promotion of our student-athletes and our institution."

Prior to joining the ASUN Conference, Hunt was a media relations graduate assistant at Division I University of the Incarnate Word where he served as the primary media contact for baseball, men's basketball, men's soccer, and both tennis programs. He revamped team record books and served as the primary statistician for all UIW Athletics home events. Hunt also volunteered as a media coordinator at the 2021 NCAA Women's Basketball Championships hosted by UIW and UTSA in San Antonio, Texas. 

Prior to UIW, Hunt was the athletics communications assistant for one year at his alma mater, Lycoming College, assisting in the communication efforts of 18 Division III athletic programs. He also served as a Sportswriter for four years at the Williamsport Sun Gazette while completing his undergrad.

Hunt was a two-year starter on Lycoming's wrestling team and placed seventh at the NCAA Southeast Regional at 141 pounds. He earned his Bachelor of Science degree in Corporate Communications from Lycoming and a Master's degree in Sports Management from UIW.
 
Hunt, a Muncy, Pa. native, graduated from Warrior Run High School in 2015, where he was a two-time PIAA state qualifier in wrestling and competed in the pole vault event as a member of the track and field team.