Angela Baumann
  MASCAC Commissioner

 Office E-mail: abaumann@westfield.ma.edu

Angela Baumann was appointed as the first full-time MASCAC Commissioner in August 2006.

The MASCAC, a NCAA Division III Conference, currently sponsors 18 championship sports programs and is the nation’s oldest Division III men’s and women’s playing conference.   

Following her appointment, Baumann developed a conference-wide licensing program to protect, profit and promote the conference and member institutional brands, led the conference to create a comprehensive strategic plan, expanded sport sponsorship with the addition of men’s ice hockey, women’s lacrosse, football and a men's golf championship and coordinated the integration of affiliates in men’s ice hockey and football.

Baumann has been active on numerous national committees during her career.  Some of her recent committee service includes the NCAA Nominating Committee, NCAA Student-Athlete Reinstatement Committee, Division III Commissioners Association Diversity and Well-Being Committee, NACMA Membership Committee, NACWAA Marketing Committee Member and as Chair, ECAC Convention Committee, ECAC Championships Committee and the ECAC Softball Selection Committee.

Prior to her current position, Baumann was the Director of Marketing and Special Events at Montana State University where she was hired in December of 1996.  In March of 1999, she was promoted to Assistant Athletic Director.  She oversaw many different aspects of the Bobcat Athletic Department during her tenure in Bozeman including corporate relations, special events, marketing and promotions and ticket operations.  While at Montana State University, she was the recipient of three gold, three silver and one bronze National Association of Collegiate Marketing Association (NACMA) awards. 

Prior to Montana State University, Baumann spent over two years at East Carolina University where she served as the Marketing Coordinator and then was promoted to the Interim Director of Marketing for the Recreational Services Department.  She also received the East Carolina University Collaboration Award for her work on campus.

Earlier in her career, Baumann coached men’s and women’s volleyball.  She led a team to the Ohio Valley Region Junior Olympic Volleyball Championship and was named instructor of the quarter numerous times. 

Baumann returns to her Division III roots where she was a standout volleyball player at the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse. She was a four-year starter at setter and was named to the WWIAC Scholastic Honor Roll. She received her bachelor of science degree in Physical Education-Sport Management with a minor in business administration and a concentration in coaching competitive athletics before earning her master's degree in Sport Management from the Ohio State University.  Baumann is also a graduate of NACWAA Higher Education Resources Services, Mid-American and the NCAA/NACWAA Leadership Enhancement Institute.

  Emily Loux

  MASCAC Assistant Commissioner
  Office E-mail: mascacinfo@westfield.ma.edu

Emily Loux was appointed the first ever full-time MASCAC Director of Media Relations in 2013 and elevated to Assistant Commissioner in 2022. As the Assistant Commissioner, Loux serves as the main media relations contact for the MASCAC with the main purpose of enhancing the conference brand through social media, website maintenance and media relationships. Handle the social media presence for the conference, including Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and YouTube. Corresponds with the sports information directors of schools in the conference to keep up-to-date with the institutions as well as members from the NCAA who need information related to the conference. Manages the awards program for the conference which includes weekly and postseason accolades while coordinating the budget for the program. She also serves as the conference representative to the MASCAC Student-Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC). Alongside Commissioner Baumann, Loux creates schedules, manages meetings, leads several committee calls, including the awards committee, sports information directors, DEI committee and SAAC. 

She also is a member of the NCAA Technology Users Group while previously serving as the NCAA Division III Strategic Alliance Matching Grant as chair, D3SIDA Conference Liaison and a College Sport Communicators (CSC) Academic All-America District Coordinator.

Prior to her current position, Loux was the Sports Information Director for Spelman College out of Atlanta where she was in charge of the sports information department, including managing the website, statistics for all sports, taking photos and video, managing student workers and directly with the Spelman Athletic Director. She also worked as the Director of Sports Information for the Great South Athletic Conference and as a graduate assistant at Kennesaw State University. 

Loux graduated with her Master of Science degree in Sports Administration from Georgia State University in 2012. She obtained her Bachelor of Arts degree in Journalism from Indiana University-Purdue Univ. Indianapolis in 2009. While at IUPUI, Loux was a member of the Indiana University student news bureau that covered the 2010 Final Four in Indianapolis. She also interned with the WNBA's Indiana Fever and the Pittsburgh Pirates Triple-A affiliate Indianapolis Indians. Prior to that internship, she was an intern editor for Bleacherreport.com.

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