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Josh Peppas
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