Ballweg Takes Southern Conference Post
College Sports Information Directors of America
Mike Ballweg, assistant commissioner for public relations, joined the conference staff in August, 2006.
Ballweg is responsible for the day-to-day operation of the Southern Conferences media relations area. He is responsible for overseeing the league public relations initiatives with emphasis on football, mens basketball and football.
A native of Blacksburg, Va., Ballweg is a 1975 graduate of Virginia Tech where he earned a degree in business administration.
During his undergraduate college days, he worked as an intern in the sports information office at Virginia Tech under Mr. Wendy Weisend (now a member of the College Sports Information Directors Hall of Fame). He served as the assistant athletic director and sports information director at Hampton (Va.) University (1975-81); director of sports media relations at Ohio University (1981-83); sports information director at West Virginia University (1983-84) and Virginia Commonwealth University (1984-92). He spent two years as the assistant executive director at the Blockbuster and Raycom in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. (1992-94) before spending 11 years as assistant athletics director at the University of Rhode Island.
Ballweg is a member of the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA) Site Selection committee and has served as the national chair of the CoSIDA Publications Committee. He has won a total of 38 CoSIDA citations for excellence.
Ballweg and his wife, Shari, reside in Spartanburg. A native of Sarasota, Fla., she is lead trainer for Citizens Bank.