Media Contact: Women's Soccer, Volleyball, Women's Basketball, Rifle, Women's Tennis, Track & Field, Softball, Beach Volleyball
Heather Brown started at the OVC as an intern and after the completion of a 10-month internship, she served in the position of Assistant Director for Media Relations until her promotion of Director of Media Relations in December 2006. In August 2016 her title changed to Director of Communications to better reflect the changing job responsibilities associated with collegiate athletics.
Brown, the longest tenured member of the OVC staff, is the primary contact for women's soccer, volleyball, women’s basketball, softball, men’s and women’s track and field, men’s and women’s rifle and men’s and women’s tennis.
She also serves at the Media Coordinator for the OVC Softball Championship which was held at a neutral site (Oxford, Alabama) for the first time in 2016. She also serves as the Assistant Media Coordinator for the OVC's Basketball and Baseball Championships, including serving as the Baseball Championships official photographer. Brown is also the editor of the OVC Handbook which is published annually.
In 2014, she served as the Local Media Coordinator for the 2014 Division I NCAA Women's Final Four which was held at Bridgestone Arena in Nashville. Along with that role she has served on the Legacy Committee for the event including working with Junior Journalism and Women's Portryal in the Media.
Brown has done extensive work with NCAA Championships, first serving as the assistant media relations coordinator for the first and second rounds of the 2005 and 2018 NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Championship and the second and third Rounds of the 2012 Championship in Nashville. She has also worked the first and second round of the NCAA Women’s Tournament in each 2004, 2006 and 2007 and the Men’s Basketball Tournament in 2008 and 2011. In 2012, she worked the Women's Final Four in New Orleans.
Brown was instrumental in getting the OVC started in social media, starting both Facebook and Twitter accounts for the league.
In 2013, she helped plan the OVC's Title IX Celebration Luncheon, an event that capped off a year-long celebration of the 40th Anniversary of Title IX. Each of the OVC's 12-member institutions identified a pioneer in women's athletics from their school to be honored during the year and celebrated at a home athletic event on their campus as well as the luncheon.
Prior to working with the Conference, the West Liberty, Ohio, native served a three-month internship in the sports information office at The Ohio State University after a one-year stint as a student assistant in the Bowling Green State University sports information office.
A 2003 graduate of BGSU, Brown earned a bachelor’s degree in sports management with an emphasis in sports information. She is a member of the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA) and the United States Basketball Writers Association (USBWA).