NEWTOWN, Pa. (Conference news) -, Middle Atlantic Conference (MAC) Executive Director Megan Morrison has announced that Jenna Dickey will be appointed Assistant Executive Director, Strategic Initiatives and Operations with the MAC. 

I am thrilled to welcome Jenna to the MAC. I am confident she will make an immediate impact in myriad areas continuing to elevate the level of service to the MAC membership," said Morrison 

Dickey will begin her role on August 7. She will aid in the overall operations and communications of the conference while supporting the administration of the conference's 27 sports and 40 championships.

Dickey comes to the MAC from Marywood University where she was a part of the NCAA Women and Minorities internship program and was the Assistant Coordinator for Sports Communications, Marketing, & Game Management. She assisted with the communications of Pacer athletics and was the primary contact for women's basketball, men's/women's lacrosse, and men's/women's golf. 

"I want to thank Megan Morrison, Bryton Curtis and the rest of the hiring committee for this opportunity with the Middle Atlantic Conference," said Dickey. "I am excited to learn and grow within a conference that is dedicated to their member institutions and student-athletes."

A a two-time Marywood grad, Jenna obtained her bachelor's degree in Marketing in 2020 and her MBA in 2021. She was also a student-athlete for the Pacers field hockey team where she was All-Atlantic East multiple times and was Team MVP her senior season. 

ABOUT THE MIDDLE ATLANTIC CONFERENCE
Located in Newtown, Pa., the Middle Atlantic Conference is an NCAA Division III conference comprised of the Middle Atlantic Conference (MAC), Middle Atlantic Conference Commonwealth (MAC Commonwealth) and Middle Atlantic Conference Freedom (MAC Freedom).

Its 16 member institutions, located across three states, are: Albright College (Reading, Pa.), Alvernia University (Reading, Pa.), Arcadia University (Glenside, Pa.), Delaware Valley University (Doylestown, Pa.), DeSales University (Center Valley, Pa.), Eastern University (St. Davids, Pa.), Fairleigh Dickinson University-Florham Campus (Madison, N.J.), Hood College (Frederick, Md.), King's College (Wilkes-Barre, Pa.), Lebanon Valley College (Annville, Pa.), Messiah University (Mechanicsburg, Pa.), Misericordia University (Dallas, Pa.), Stevens Institute of Technology (Hoboken, N.J.), Stevenson University (Owings Mills, Md.), Widener University (Chester, Pa.), and York College of Pennsylvania (York, Pa.).

The MAC currently sponsors 27 intercollegiate sports that compete in the NCAA Division III. More than 7,000 student-athletes participate in baseball, men's and women's basketball, men's and women's cross country, field hockey, football, men's and women's golf, men's and women's ice hockey, men's and women's indoor track & field, men's and women's lacrosse, men's and women's outdoor track & field, softball, men's and women's soccer, men's and women's swimming, men's and women's tennis, men's and women's volleyball and wrestling.