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During the #CSCUNITE23 and #NACDA23 conventions and partnership in Orlando in June 2023, Collegiate Sports Connect, part of the D1/D2/D3/NAIA Ticker family, conducted numerous video interviews with leaders and award winners from both CSC and NACDA affiliations.

On Aug. 17, Collegiate Sports Connect released the video interview with CSC Second Vice President Mary Beth Callonerand College Division Representative Donnie Smith. Watch the interview with host Bryan Fischer.

The trio discuss how the industry has changed, ways they have adapted, overcoming common challenges at their respective leadership levels. They also look at what they have seen in the industry they would want to implement and what’s next for CSC.

1. 00:36 - Talk about getting to connect with everyone at the CSC.
2. 01:54 - What are some of the common problems that you have to encounter?
3. 03:37 - What is different about the space your school occupies? What are you fighting for?
4. 04:37 - Discuss the CSC rebrand.
5. 05:35 - What are some of the unique things you face as an athletics department north of the U.S. Border?
6. 06:36 - How is it competing in a big media market?
7. 07:38 - You essentially have to be the media for your department.
8. 08:42 - What’s been the transition like moving to VP/AD?
9. 10:04 - How do you show the value of what communications professionals do to not only to university presidents but to the entire department?
10. 12:51 - What has changed in the media relations lane since the start of your careers?
11. 14:24 - What’s surprised you about how your role has changed?
12. 16:40 - What’s something you have seen that you would like to take back to your campuses?
13. 18:14 - What’s next with CSC?
14. 20:22 - Since you’re in line to be President of CSC soon, is there anything you’re keeping your eye on that you might would do differently?
15. 21:38 - What are some things you’re trying to educate others on that are unique to NAIA?
16. 23:25 - What does is say that you will the first Canadian to be president of CSC one day?

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• 07/07/26 / 12:00 P.M. W At-Large Academic All-America Announced (NCAA, NAIA, College Division)
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• 06/09/26 / 11:59 P.M. Baseball Academic All-America National Ballot Voting Deadline (NCAA, NAIA)
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