Commissioner - Steve Murray

Steve Murray was appointed commissioner of the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference on July 1, 1998 by the league's Board of Directors.

Murray has served the PSAC since August of 1993. He was the conference's first sports information director, a position he held for three years. He was promoted to assistant commissioner for media relations in 1996, and served as the conference's acting commissioner for a year until taking over his current post.

While athletic success has been visible among the league's institutions, Murray has been an equal proponent for academic achievement for PSAC student-athletes.  The number of PSAC Scholar-Athletes - those achieving a cumulative grade point average of 3.25 or better - has increased in every year during his tenure.  That total has risen to well above 1,300, nearly double that figure of the mid-1990s.

The PSAC continues to engage in several new endeavors under Murray's leadership.  A few examples includes the implementation of the league's Sportsmanship Policy in 2003, the collaborative yearly project by the PSAC Student-Athlete Advisory Committee to host an Organ Donor Awareness Day, and a major role in the application of the PSAC's Dixon All-Sports Trophy which was introduced in 1996.  With Murray's guidance, opportunities for student-athletes and institutions has increased, evidenced by the expansion of PSAC playoff fields in seven team sports, and the addition of championships in Men's and Women's Indoor Track and Field in 2002.     

In addition to his duties as commissioner, Murray serves on the NCAA's Playing Rules and Oversight Panel.  From 1999-2004 he held a spot on the NCAA II Football Selection Committee, including the position of Chair from 2001-04.  Since its inception in 1999-2000, Murray has chaired the regional selection and served as voting coordinator for the Disney National Scholar-Athlete of the Year awarded by the Division II Conference Commissioners Association.

A native of Emporium, Pennsylvania, Murray graduated from Gannon University in 1985 with a degree in business administration. He also played baseball for the Golden Knights for two years. Following graduation, Murray earned a master’s degree from the United States Sports Academy in Mobile, Alabama.

Murray came to the PSAC after a six-year stint at Centenary College in Louisiana, where he served the institution in several different capacities. Originally, he was athletic trainer and assistant baseball coach at Centenary. He later became compliance coordinator and eventually served as sports information director for three years.

Murray, his wife Candace, and son Ian, live in Lock Haven.

Assistant Commissioner - Will Adair

In his current post, Adair is responsible for all aspects of media relations for the 14-institution league. Among his duties is producing weekly reports and statistics for the 22 sports that the PSAC sponsors, the second most of any Division II conference. He also serves as the webmaster for the PSAC web site, editor of the PSAC Football and Basketball Media Guides, coordinator for league media events, and archivist for conference information. In addition, Adair has been given the charge of filing all appropriate statistical forms with the NCAA.

Since coming to the PSAC, Adair has overseen the re-design of the league’s web site and media guides. He coordinated the promotion of the PSAC’s 50th Season that was celebrated throughout the 2000-01 academic year. Adair also helped implement the use of automated statistical software, which is currently being used in 10 conference sports.

Prior to working for the PSAC, Adair was the sports information director at Lock Haven University from 1997-99. In that capacity, he performed similar duties to his current position for the institution’s 16 varsity sports.

Adair is a 1993 graduate of Edinboro University of Pennsylvania where he earned his bachelor of arts degree in speech communication. He also holds a master’s degree in communications from the university. While at Edinboro, Adair worked in the sports information office for three years as an undergraduate and two years as a graduate assistant. His master’s project was a media relations guide for student-athletes that was eventually implemented for use by the university’s athletic department.

Adair, his wife Barbara, and sons Tyler and Trevor, reside in Lock Haven.

Assistant to the Commissioner - Carlin Chesick

Chesick joined the PSAC as an intern in August of 2005.  In that role, she was primarily responsible for assisting the media relations efforts for the league's 22 sports. 

Over the 2005-06 academic year, she served as the main contact for women's and men's soccer, volleyball, women's basketball, men's and women's swimming, softball and lacrosse.  Chesick was responsible for all reporting aspects in those sports, including filing official statistics with the NCAA.  Over the course of the season, she also had the task of updating the league's Web site with scores and standings, wrote numerous press releases and maintained the PSAC's Telephone Hotline with daily results.

In her new role Chesick will continue to be the media contact for a handful of league sports.  She will also assist the commissioner with several compliance-related duties, which includes all matters involved with reviewing and submitting letters of intent.  In addition, Chesick will be responsible for organizing league meetings for all of its constituent groups and will serve as the main liaison between the PSAC office and the league's Student-Athlete Advisory Committee.

Chesick earned her bachelor of science degree from St. Francis (Pa.) University in 2003, majoring in information systems management, with a minor in management.  She was a standout basketball player for the Division I Red Flash, three times earning All-Northeast Conference honors, including first-team accolades in her final two seasons.  She still ranks among the school's top 10 in all-time scoring, rebounding, and field-goal and free-throw percentage. 

A native of Bloomingdale, Ill., in suburban Chicago, Chesick currently resides in Lock Haven.