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CSC Hall of Famer Lenny Reich Passes Away

Date postedOctober 17, 2022
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Lenny Reich and president Cindy Potter at #CoSIDA22, where Reich was inducted in to the Hall of Fame.
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The Lenny Reich family at the #CoSIDA22 convention. Lenny is wearing his friend Chris Wenzler's jacket — worn by Wenzler at #CoSIDA18 when received the Bob Kenworthy Community Service Award.
The Lenny Reich family at the #CoSIDA22 convention. Lenny is wearing his friend Chris Wenzler's jacket — worn by Wenzler at #CoSIDA18 when received the Bob Kenworthy Community Service Award.
Lenny Reich with his dear friend Chris Wenzler at #CoSIDA18.
Lenny Reich with his dear friend Chris Wenzler at #CoSIDA18.
Lenny Reich with his friend Chris Wenzler taking in a Cleveland baseball game.
Lenny Reich with his friend Chris Wenzler taking in a Cleveland baseball game.
Lenny Reich with his crew at the 2017 Stagg Bowl.
Lenny Reich with his crew at the 2017 Stagg Bowl.
Lenny Reich with his wife Helen and daughter Caroline in 2019, where he received the Warren Berg Award.
Lenny Reich with his wife Helen and daughter Caroline in 2019, where he received the Warren Berg Award.
Lenny Reich with Adam Prescott and Mike Mancini at the 2022 CoSIDA Convention.
Lenny Reich with Adam Prescott and Mike Mancini at the 2022 CoSIDA Convention.

Oct. 18 Update:

Reich Obiturary/Calling Hours and Funeral

Here are details for the services:

  • The first visitation will be 4 to 6 p.m. Thursday at the Cassaday-Turkle-Christian Funeral Home, 75 S. Union Ave. in Alliance.
  • A second visitation will be 10 a.m. to 11 a.m. Friday at the University of Mount Union Chapel, 1972 Clark Ave. in Alliance, with a funeral service to follow.
  • The funeral service will be live-streamed and the link will be placed at the bottom of his obituary on the funeral home's website.

Memorial contributions may be made to:

  • Leukemia and Lymphoma Society, P.O. Box 22324 New York, NY 10087
  • The American Cancer Society, P.O. Box 1981, Cleveland, Ohio 44106
  • Make a Wish Foundation, The Hanna Building, 1422 Euclid Ave. Suite 239, Cleveland, Ohio 44115
  • to bethematch.org

Today, October 17, the athletics communications profession lost a dear friend and long-time contributor to the betterment of NCAA Division III college athletics, Lenny Reich. Reich was inducted into the College Sports Communicators (formerly CoSIDA) Hall of Fame in June 2022.

Reich was a trusted colleague and friend to hundreds in college athletics and an award-winning SID with extensive national, regional and Ohio Athletic Conference (OAC) committee service to collegiate athletics. Our sincere condolences to all of Lenny's family, friends and colleagues, particularly to his wife, Helen and daughter, Caroline.

One of the leaders in NCAA Division III, Reich served as assistant director of athletics/sports information at the University of Mount Union, working at the Ohio school for 14 years through June (2008-2022). He added the Assistant AD title in 2012.

In late March 2022, Reich was diagnosed with myelofibrosis – a rare blood cancer that attacks the bone marrow. After numerous tests and a rigorous search for a bone marrow donor, a match was found and Lenny underwent a stem cell transplant several weeks ago in Cleveland. He was under post-transplant hospital care at the time of his passing.

This past June, he left his Mount Union position to become the Alliance High School (Alliance, OH) athletics director.

Lenny served on the Executive Board of Directors from 2019-2022 as an At-Large Representative. Reich received the organization's Warren Berg Award in 2019 for outstanding service and commitment to college division athletic communications efforts and also received his CSC 25-Year Award at the June convention. On November 4, he was set to be recognized by Mount Union's M Club Hall of Fame with induction as an Honorary M Club member.

Reich also was a past president of the Division III Sports Information Directors Association (D3SIDA).

Below is a video of Reich as he received his 2022 Hall of Fame honor at the 2022 CoSIDA Celebrations: An All-Star Night of Honors presented by ESPN in Las Vegas on June 27.

More information and details to follow as we pay tribute to Lenny for his contributions, advocacy and achievements.

An unfortunate update as former Sports Information Director @LennyinOhio passed away earlier this morning. A very heartbreaking and devastating day for friends & family of such a great guy who always put his people first. Please keep his family in your thoughts & prayers.
— Mount Union Purple Raiders @purpleraiders
A heartbreaking day for the OAC. @LennyinOhio will be greatly missed. We are thankful for his numerous contributions to conference and his friendship over the years. Our sincere condolences to his family. 💜
The BW Family would like to send our condolences, prayers and love to the Reich Family. @LennyinOhio was a great colleague, father, friend, husband, man and mentor. We will miss you!
Godspeed @LennyinOhio. We have lost another great too soon. Your memory will be a blessing to so many of us.

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