
Josh Peppas
Title: | Sports Information Director |
Phone: | 479-979-1483/479-746-1264 |
Email: | jpeppas@ozarks.edu |
Previous College: | University of the Ozarks |
Josh Peppas enters his 21st season as Sports Information Director. In his role as SID, Peppas oversees the day-to-day operations of the sports information office, its social media strategy as well as maintaining the athletic web site and promoting the department's 20 sports.
At Ozarks
- 2018-2019 American Southwest Conference Sports Information Staff of the Year
- Has had a combined fourteen media guides earn "Best in the Nation" citations from CoSIDA
- Baseball media guide was voted the top NCAA III guide for five consecutive years (2009-2013)
- Softball media guide cover was named the nation's best in its division (2013)
- Women's soccer media guide cover named the nation's best in its division (2009)
- Produces Eagle Insider, a bi-annual athletic alumni magazine
- Created university’s first Sports Hall of Fame magazine
- Oversaw the launch of the athletic department's new web site www.uofoathletics.com in 2013 and 2016
- Promoted the school's first finalist for the Arkansas Star of Tomorrow Award
- Has successfully promoted eight Academic All-Americans
Social Media Rankings
- Twitter, Instagram and Facebook ranked among the top-15 overall in NCAA Division III by D3social.com (2015-2016, 2016-2017, 2017-2018)
Professional Membership
- College Sports Information Directors of America
- National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association
- Arkansas Sports Hall of Fame
- D3baseball.com Top-25 voter (2010-present)
Education
- Received his bachelor’s degree in Business Administration from University of the Ozarks (2000)
Hometown
- Ozark, Arkansas
Personal
- Married to Kelli and they are the parents of four sons - Brant, Brayden, Brenden and Brancen