Bowling Green, Ky. – Former UPIKE Assistant Sports Information Director Michael Pagano was named MSC Assistant SID of the Year, announced conference officials Thursday. Pagano spent a year with UPIKE, recently accepting a Co-Sports Information Director role at Thomas More University.

While at UPIKE, Michael aided in the coverage of 25 varsity programs, writing press releases, keeping live and archival statistics, maintaining upikebears.com, and producing content for various social media channels. A key strength of Pagano was broadcasting, contributing to the UPIKE Sports Network for sports including men's and women's soccer, baseball, softball, volleyball, and others.

One of his major successes was heading up the 2021 UPIKE Hall of Fame project. Pagano was responsible for compiling nominations, creating the presentation, writing the script, and served as emcee for the event. In addition, Pagano was in charge of organizing records for several programs to build the archive from very little with some programs.

Tennis was a sport Pagano handled as a primary, taking on the responsibility of growing their coverage. He followed and covered the men's and women's teams throughout the spring campaign, bringing some of the most frequent and accurate content in
program history.

"Michael came in to the department with a great skillset and was ready to learn more. He played a key role in elevating the coverage of our programs and student-athletes through press releases, broadcast, website maintenance, and much more. We wish him the best in his next steps and  extend a heartfelt thank you for all your work at UPIKE. Well deserved!"

- Alek Morgan, Director of Athletics Communications