North Carolina Central University

SPORTS INFORMATION

KYLE SERBA - DIRECTOR OF SPORTS INFORMATION

   Kyle Serba, a native of Clifton Park, New York, was named as NCCU's Director of Sports Information in August 1994.
     As Director, Serba coordinates the media relations, advertising, marketing and promotions efforts for the athletic department.  He is a member of the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA), the North Carolina Collegiate Sports Information Association (NCCSIA) and the Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association-Sports Information Directors' Association (CIAA-SIDA).
    In 1997, Serba was selected as the Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association (CIAA) Sports Information Director of the Year (pictured left).   Two years later, he was recognized again as the conference SID of the Year with the 1999 John Holley Sports Information Director's Award. In 2000, Serba was voted President of the CIAA-Sports Information Directors Association, and was honored for the third time in four years with the conference SID of the Year Award. 
     Upon the creation of the North Carolina Collegiate Sports Information Association (NCCSIA) in August of 2002, Serba was selected as President-Elect of the state-wide organization. In June of 2004, Serba was elevated to the post of NCCSIA President.
     In the spring of 2006, Serba received the CIAA John Holley Sports Information Director's Award for the fourth time during his career. 
     On Oct. 20, 2006, Serba was inducted into the NCCU Alex M. Rivera Athletic Hall of Fame.
     Before joining the Eagle athletic staff, Serba worked for two years as the Sports Information Director for the State University at Albany (N.Y.), overseeing the public relations and marketing needs of the university's 23 sports teams.
     Serba graduated from Utica College of Syracuse University in 1991 with a bachelor's degree in Public Relations and Journalism, along with a minor in Speech Communications.
     As an undergraduate, he worked as the sports editor of the student newspaper and as a sports broadcaster for the student radio station. Serba was also a four-year starter on the Utica College Pioneer baseball team, and was named team captain and second-team All-New York State his senior season at shortstop.  His contributions to the Utica College campus were rewarded with the 1991 Dean's Student Life Award.
     After graduation, Serba became a freelance public relations assistant for the New York State Martin Luther King, Jr. Commission and Institute for Non-Violence, producing their monthly newsletter and organizing an awards banquet for the NFL's Buffalo Bills.  During that time, he also wrote feature articles for the Capital District Business Review, a weekly business newspaper in Albany, N.Y.