Release courtesy of the Ferris State University Athletics Communications Department
Big Rapids, Mich. - Ferris State University
Athletics Director Perk Weisenburger is among
three individuals who have been named to the National Association
of Collegiate Directors of Athletics (NACDA) Executive
Committee.
NACDA Executive Director Bob Vecchione announced the appointment
of Santa Rosa Junior College Director of Athletics Jim
Forkum, Pittsburg State Director of Athletics Jim Johnson and
Weisenburger to the Executive Committee, effective immediately.
Their terms on the Executive Committee will run through June
2015.
NACDA, now in its 47th year, is the professional and educational
association for more than 6,500 college athletics administrators at
more than 1,600 institutions throughout the United States, Canada
and Mexico. Additionally, NACDA administers 12 professional
associations for the separate business units that report directly
to the athletics directors.
Weisenburger took over as the Ferris State Athletics Director in
September 2010 and will embark on his second year directing the
Bulldog program this fall. He's also an incoming member of
the Central Collegiate Hockey Association (CCHA) Executive Council
this season.
As the Ferris State Athletics Director, Weisenburger is
responsible for the operations of the Bulldogs' athletics
department, which currently sponsors 15 intercollegiate varsity
sports (eight for women and seven for men). Fourteen of the sports
participate at the NCAA Division II level in the highly-competitive
Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (GLIAC) while men's
hockey competes at the NCAA Division I level in the Central
Collegiate Hockey Association (CCHA).
In his first year with the Bulldogs in 2010-11, Ferris State
claimed GLIAC Championships in both men's basketball and men's
golf. Six student-athletes claimed All-America accolades and
seven teams took part in some form of NCAA postseason
competition. Among many other important projects,
Weisenburger also played an active role in helping establish the
Bulldog Athletic Association (BAA), which is the fundraising arm
for Ferris State Athletics.
Prior to FSU, he served on the senior staff as the Associate
Athletics Director for External Operations at the University of
Nevada, Las Vegas since 2005. He’s a 1979 graduate of
Central Michigan University.
In his tenure at Nevada, Las Vegas, Weisenburger oversaw the
coordination and operation of many external functions such as
athletic marketing and promotions, licensing and athletic
ticketing. He has also served as the department's liaison to
multi-media rights partner International Sports Properties
(ISP).
Prior to arriving at UNLV, Weisenburger spent five years
(1999-2004) leading the athletics department at Illinois State and
previously worked in athletics administration at other NCAA
Division I institutions such as Wake Forest, Central Michigan,
Washington and Houston. He was the Associate Director of Athletics
for External Operations at CMU from 1989-95.
Weisenburger graduated from CMU with a bachelor's degree in
business administration. He also earned a master's degree in sports
administration from Ohio University (1982). He and his wife, Buffy,
who are both Michigan natives, are the parents of two sons, Jack
and Joe.
A Mount Pleasant (Mich.) native, Weisenburger attended Central
Michigan on a baseball scholarship and was a three-year
letterwinner for the Chippewas. He was the captain of
CMU’s 1980 MAC Championship team and claimed Academic All-MAC
laurels. He later served as a graduate assistant coach in the
baseball program at Ohio.
He’s been active in community service throughout his
administrative career, including serving as the co-chair of the
annual Bloomington (Ill.) OSF St. Joseph Hospital Foundation
fundraising gala in 2003 and as a youth baseball coach in the Paseo
Verde Little League in Henderson, Nev. He’s also been a
board of directors member for the Josh Stevens Foundation, which
helps remind children that there is a whole world in need of more
acts of kindness.