Jeff DeBaldo, 27, enters his fourth year as the conference's director of sports information in 2011-12. He also serves as the league's Student-Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC) adviser.

DeBaldo was most recently the Assistant Director of the Presidents' Athletic Conference (2007-08), an NCAA Division III conference office located in Wexford, Pa., where he assisted league commissioner Joe Onderko in all aspects of conference operation.

Prior to his work at the PAC, DeBaldo served as a media relations intern at the University of Pittsburgh and was also a student assistant in the sports information office at his alma mater, Waynesburg (Pa.) University. He was also a freelance writer for The (Uniontown, Pa.) Herald-Standard for two years while attending Waynesburg.

DeBaldo earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in Communication (Sports Information option) from Waynesburg in 2007.

He is a member of the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA) and replaced Hanberry on the Membership Services Committee in the fall of 2010. DeBaldo also earned "Best in the Nation" honors from CoSIDA for his work on the Waynesburg football gameday program in 2005.

DeBaldo is a native of Gibsonia, Pa., and currently resides in Duluth, Ga. with his wife Ashley.