Bio

Bio

2019-20 Red River Athletic Conference Sports Information Director of the Year
2019-20 Black College Nines Sports Information Director of the Year
2018-19 CoSida Publication and Design Contest - 2nd place Winter Game Notes (Men's Basketball)

Andrew Glover is a native of Littleton, Colo. He joined Wiley College in 2015 after working as a sports reporter in Stillwater, Okla. for 3 years. Glover earned a Bachelor of Arts in broadcast journalism in 2009 from Texas Tech University. 

2019-20 was a banner year for Glover. He became the first Wiley College SID to win Red River Athletic Conference Sports Information Director of the Year. He was one of three selected as Black College Nines - a website dedicated to baseball coverage of Historically Black Colleges and Universities - Sports Information Director of the Year. He put together highlight videos after victories. He put together game notes for each sport. Glover voted for NAIA athletes of the week in several sports. He covered Wiley College at the 2019 Red River Athletic Conference Volleyball Championship and the 2020 Red River Athletic Conference Basketball Tournament. The Athletic social media accounts continued to flourish as Facebook surpassed 2,000 followers, Twitter exceeded 1,700 followers and Instagram closed in on 1,000 followers.

In 2018-19, Glover provided coverage of the volleyball team's second NAIA Opening Round appearance and the men's basketball team's first NAIA Tournament victory in 49 years. He took second place in Winter Game Notes in the CoSida Publication & Design Contest. For the third time in four years, Glover was the host SID for the 2019 Red River Athletic Conference Men's Basketball Championship and the 2019 Gloria D. Larry Red River Athletic Conference Men's and Women's Outdoor Track and Field Championship. Glover voted for NAIA Athletes of the Week in volleyball, men's and women's basketball, baseball and men's and women's outdoor track and field. He led the redesign of the Wiley College Athletic web site.

In 2017-18, Glover covered the Wiley College's first national championship in its athletic history with men's track and field. He was the statistician for the 2018 Red River Athletic Conference men's and women's basketball tournaments. Glover the host sports information director for the 2017 Red River Athletic Conference Cross Country Championship and the 2018 RRAC Track and Field Championship.

Last season, Glover nominated the most players of the week in the Red River Athletic Conference with 41. Two of those winners earned NAIA Player of the Week. Glover published media guides for men's and women's soccer, volleyball and men's and women's basketball.

In 2016-17, Glover continued to expand Wiley College Athletics' coverage. He brought BoxOutSports - an online graphic producing software to the athletic department. This gave Glover the ability to announce scores, players of the week and upcoming games in an appealing way. The social media accounts continued to grow under Glover's guidance. Facebook doubled to 1,307. Twitter went up to 880 followers. Instagram experienced the largest growth as it increased to 452 followers.

Throughout the 2016-17 season, Glover successful nominated 44 Red River Athletic Conference Athletes of the Week and seven of those earned NAIA Athlete of the Week. Glover covered the men's basketball team and both track and field teams at the NAIA Championships.

In his first year at Wiley College, Glover greatly increased coverage of Wiley College Athletics. The number of Facebook followers went from 375 to 596. Twitter followers increased to 625 followers. Glover rebooted the Wiley College Athletics Instagram Account which had 57 followers at the end of the 2015-16 season.

During the fall, Glover to got to cover the men's soccer team's historic run to the NAIA Tournament. In the spring, Glover got to see both track and field teams defend their conference titles.

While in Stillwater, Glover got the opportunity to cover Oklahoma State University athletics and worked with their sports information directors. It's where Glover developed an interest in the sports information field. In 2014, he covered the Oklahoma State baseball team's run to the Super Regionals. Glover covered the Oklahoma State Cowgirls basketball team during the 2014-15 season. Along with covering Oklahoma State sports, Glover covered high school athletics.

Before Stillwater, Glover worked a sports reporter for The Pampa News in Pampa, TX from 2009-2012. He covered Pampa High School and the local communities. During the 2010-2011 season, Glover got to cover the Pampa High School boys basketball team in the regional finals. During his three seasons, Glover to cover two playoff runs by the softball team in 2010 and 2012. Pampa reached the regional quarterfinals in 2010 and the regional semifinals in 2012. In 2011, Glover won third place in Sports Writing during the Panhandle Press Association Awards.

Glover graduated in 2005 from Cinco Ranch High School in Katy, TX, and is the proud son of Mark and Cindy Glover. He married his wife Crystal in July 2018. They have two children Jackson and Samuel.