Marian University Ind.

Mitch Huppert serves as the Assistant Athletic Director for Communications, entering his seventh year with Marian University in 2022. Huppert was promoted from Sports Information Director to Assistant A.D. for Communications in June of 2022. 

Huppert is the direct media contact for Marian football, volleyball, men's and women's basketball, softball, baseball, and track and field.

Mitch Huppert is currently in his ninth year working in the sports information department for Marian University athletics after joining in September of 2016. Huppert served as the assistant sports information director from September 2016 until March 2020, and became the interim sports information director on March 25, 2020. Huppert was promoted to the role of Sports Information Director in the fall of 2020, and on June 29, 2021 was named the Crossroads League SID of the Year. On June 27, 2022, Huppert repeated as the Crossroads League SID of the Year, becoming the first repeat winner in league history. 

In his time at Marian, Huppert has covered over 50 NAIA National Championship events and three USA Collegiate Cycling Events, including Marian's women's volleyball championship in 2019 as well as the indoor pentathlon championship won by Erin Oleksak at the 2019-20 NAIA Indoor Track and Field Championships. Huppert has also covered seven additional track and field individual national championships, and served as the lead media director for the Knights 2025 NAIA Men's Indoor Track and Field National Championship. In total Huppert has covered three victorious NAIA National Championships, and two additional team championship appearances.

Since taking over as Sports Information Director/Assistant A.D. for Communications, Huppert has increased the Marian brand by finding ways to expand on the universities partnership with ISC Sports Network, while also brokering a deal to partner with 107.5 FM to air Marian football road games. Huppert is also instrumental of the change in Marian's website from PrestoSports/SIDHelp to Sidearm Sports. 

Huppert has served as the primary video editor for the Marian sports information department, and has produced over 500 highlight and hype videos used on Marian social media platforms. Huppert has additionally posted over 3000 stories to MUKnights.com, and has continued to help the growth and expansion of the Marian social media platforms. 

During Huppert's first season, Marian saw growth across all social media platforms, including over 1,000 new Twitter followers. The Twitter account made 8.3 million impressions over the course of the 2016-17 season, which was the highest total for any season at Marian to date. Huppert and the sports information staff published 686 stories on MUKnights.com and published 209 videos in 2016-17 alone. 

During the 2016-17 season, Marian was featured in the Indy Star, WTHR, RTV6, FOX 59, CBS 4 and WISH-TV, while ESPN produced a Sportscenter feature on football standout Krishawn Hogan and various other national media outlets used Marian sports information footage on highlight packages of Hogan during the buildup to the NFL Draft.

Huppert is an active member in College Sport Communicators (CSC), and has attended two CSCUnite Conventions. The member has earned four CSC Academic All-American honorees, and multiple CSC Academic All-District Honors.

Huppert came to Marian University after serving as the Indiana High School Athletic Association sports administration intern from January - August of 2016.

A 2016 graduate of the University of Indianapolis, Huppert was as a four-year member of the Greyhound Football team. While at the University of Indianapolis, he worked in the athletic development department helping with their gameday operations.

While completing his bachelor’s degree in sport management from UIndy, the Bremen, Ind., native worked two internships with big name sports entities in Indianapolis. He interned with the Indianapolis Colts in the marketing department as a training camp/marketing intern during the 2015 summer and regular season, prior to interning with the IHSAA. 

Huppert resides in Crawfordsville with his wife Allison, who serves as the Associate Athletic Director of Internal Operations and Senior Woman Administrator at Wabash College.