Dillard University Assistant Athletic Director for Athletic Communication/Game Operations Joe Prisco Named As the 2022 Gulf Coast Athletic Conference SID of the Year

New Orleans – Dillard University Assistant Athletic Director for Athletic Communications and Game Operations Joe Prisco was recently named the 2022 Gulf Coast Athletic Conference's (GCAC) Sports Information Director of the Year (SID), the GCAC announced this morning, June 8.

For Prisco, who works with all of the athletic teams at Dillard and started with the school in the spring of 2020, it is his first time being voted as the GCAC SID of the Year. He was selected in a vote by all the conference's sports information and athletic directors.

This season, he helped promote Dillard winning the Thomas Howell Cup for the first time since 2016 with 25 points. DU ended up capturing conference titles this season in men's cross country, women's cross country, men's track & field, women's track & field and volleyball (regular season). Under his watch this year, Dillard captured nine All-American honors - six in men's outdoor track & field (Jamaal Morris Jr. (2), Cody Branch, Joshun Noel, Christopher Watson) and one each in women's outdoor track & field (Kevell Byrd), men's indoor track & field (Jamaal Morris Jr.) and women's indoor track & field (Kevell Byrd). Dillard's athletics department captured 90 All-GCAC selections and two SSAC All-Conference choices (Kaayva Palani and Prerana Koirala) this season plus had the GCAC volleyball Player of the Year (Demari Drake), Attacker of the Year (Demari Drake), Defender of the Year (Chloe Young) and Freshman of the Year (Demari Drake). Other major individual conference awards won by Dillard athletes this season include the MVP of men's cross country meet (Joshun Noel), the MVP of women's cross country meet (Jaelynn Hoffman), a women's basketball selection to the All-Defensive Team (Jaquanna Hunter), a men's basketball selection to the All-Defensive Team (Kaleb Allison), the men's basketball Defensive Player of the Year (Kaleb Allison), the men's outdoor track & field Most Outstanding Track Performer (Joshun Noel), the men's outdoor track & field Most Outstanding Field Performer (Nobie Harris), the women's track & field Most Outstanding Track Performer (Kevell Byrd) and the women's track & field Most Outstanding Field Performer (Rachel Rowe). DU also captured three GCAC All-Tournament selections this year (Diniaa McZeal – women's basketball, Elijah Moore – men's basketball and Bianca Ihetu – volleyball). Dillard also had three GCAC Coach of the Years this year as Nile Legania was named the conference's top coach in men's cross country, women's cross country and the men's outdoor track & field. Throughout the year, Dillard dominated the weekly Player of the Week Honors and racked up 37 between volleyball (14), men's basketball (6), women's basketball (1), men's outdoor track & field (8) and women's outdoor track and field (8). The athletic department also earned a CoSIDA Academic All-District selection in outdoor track & field in Benjamin Todd plus a SSAC Sportsmanship Award by its men's tennis team. DU finished the year off seeing nine student-athletes recognized as Arthur Ashe Jr. Sports Scholars (Nicholas Carmouche – men's basketball, Hildevert Lafeuille – men's cross country/track & field, Benjamin Todd – men's track & field, Taylor Dewitt – women's basketball, Rayah Haynes – women's basketball, Kyra McWhorter – women's basketball, Kaylyn Turner – women's cross country/track & field / cheerleading, Jada O'Mally – volleyball and Ki'Avian Johnson – volleyball).

Also this year, Prisco nabbed a cover story feature in the College Basketball Times on women's basketball senior guard Rayah Haynes. He helped promote the national attention garnered by former Athletic Director Dr. Kiki Baker Barnes through a wide variety of her personal endeavors and outreach efforts. Prisco also helped Dillard Athletics Department unveil its new athletic website on PrestoSports this season plus oversaw the additional coverage responsibilities of seven new sports during the 2021-22 school year (men's indoor track & field, women's indoor track & field, men's tennis, women's tennis, competitive dance, competitive cheerleading and baseball) to bring the total number of sports hosted at Dillard University up to 14.

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