ARKANSAS MEN’S GOLF KEVIN TRAINOR ASSOCIATE AD FOR PUBLIC RELATIONS
Starting his 18th season at Arkansas, Kevin Trainor is in his fifth year as associate athletic director and his third as the department’s Public Relations Director. Trainor coordinates the department’s executive and crisis management communications and is the primary department liaison with University Relations. He is in charge of producing the department’s annual report and serves as managing editor of Inside Razorback Athletics. He also serves as the sports administrator for baseball. Trainor was a nearly 20-year veteran in the media relations office before assuming his current role. A university graduate in journalism in 1994, he earned his master’s at Arkansas in 2005. He is an active member of the Public Relations Society of America. Trainor and his wife, the former Ruth Whitehead, are the parents of two daughters, Emma and Ellie.
ERIC A. WOOD
ASSOCIATE AD FOR STUDENT-ATHLETE SERVICES Eric A. Wood joined the university in 2009, and is responsible for the oversight of student-athlete services including academic support, life skills and career development programs that contribute to the personal growth and character development of our more than 460 Razorback student-athletes. Other responsibilities include housing, student conduct, student-athlete appearance requests, drug testing administration, coordinator of diversity initiatives and the liaison to Student Affairs. Wood, a member of the athletics department senior staff was promoted to Associate Athletic Director July 2011 and currently serves on the departments Executive Staff. Wood and his wife Celia have a daughter,Eliana Jewel.
JUSTIN MALAND
ASSISTANT AD FOR FACILITIES Justin Maland joined the Razorbacks in 1999 and is beginning his seventh year as an Assistant AD for facilities in 2012. His areas of responsibility include oversight of all Razorback athletic facilities, including budgeting, game day operations, scheduling, upkeep, maintenance, long-range planning, daily facility operations, contracting services with outside vendors and coordination of special events. Maland supervises a staff whose responsibilities include custodial and housekeeping, buildings, grounds and other service areas and oversees external events and facility operations on campus. The Harrison, Ark., native and former college student-athlete, provides management services in all athletic facility renovation projects and construction management of all new projects including the state-of-the-art Razorback Football Center, part of the Athletic Department’s Master Plan. One of Maland’s recent projects is the installation of the new videoboard for Razorback Stadium. Maland is a 1999 graduate of Hendrix College and earned his master’s degree in sports management at Arkansas in 2001. Maland is married to the former Sarah Parnell of Booneville and they have three children, Macy, Jack and Addy.
MARK SCOBEY
ASSISTANT AD FOR TICKET SERVICES Charged with the supervision of ticket operations for all University of Arkansas men’s athletic departmentrelated sporting events, Mark Scobey is in his 36th season with the Razorbacks. He was promoted to Assistant AD for Ticket Services in August 2012. During his tenure at the University of Arkansas, Scobey has assisted with ticket sales for a wide assortment of events on the Fayetteville campus, including SEC and NCAA hosted championship events in baseball, tennis and track. He has also been affiliated with 20 post-season football bowl games, the 1995, 2002 and 2006 SEC football championship games, and 23 post-season basketball tournament teams, including the 1978, 1990, 1994 and 1995 Final Four clubs. In December 2002, Scobey worked with Paciolan Systems, Inc., as the project manager for a major software upgrade of the athletic department ticketing system. The addition of on-line ticket sales is now 35% of ticket volume and has given the ticket office staff more time for customer service. Scobey joined the UA athletic staff in 1977 as an assistant athletic ticket manager and became ticket manager in 1983. A native of Warren, Ark., Scobey lives in historic Eureka Springs.
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