Penn Adds Kanan to Staff
College Sports Information Directors of America
Mat Kanan, formerly the assistant sports information director at Capital University in Columbus, Ohio, was named as an associate director of athletic communications at the University of Pennsylvania on Nov. 17, 2003.
Kanan, a native of Fremont, Ohio, will be in charge of preparing media guides, news releases, and other publications for Penn’s intercollegiate athletics programs; assist in updating Penn’s website; supervise game-day personnel management and game day experience for assigned sports.
Kanan handled volleyball, men’s soccer, women’s basketball, softball and baseball while at Capital University over the past year and a half.
He worked as the primary contact during Capital’s run to a conference volleyball championship, creating all game programs as well as working with local and regional media.
Kanan worked at the 2003 Ohio Athletic Conference Winter Sports Championships held in Berea, Ohio. He coordinated media information as well as web site content for the wrestling championships. Kanan also handled play-by-play broadcast duties for football, basketball and volleyball.
Before entering the athletic communications profession the 1997 Ohio University graduate, bachelor's degree in journalism, worked in the corporate arena in various marketing and communications positions in Columbus, Ohio.