GREENWOOD, Ind. -- College Sports Communicators announced its 30 Under 30 Class of 2025 on Monday afternoon, naming 30 of the nation's top collegiate athletic communicators under the age of 30 to its recipient's list. Landing his name on the list is Adrian College's own, Mike Prang, who serves as the Sports Information Director, leading the charge for all 53 athletic programs in the department for the last 5+ years.

The annual honor recognizes emerging athletics communications professionals at all levels of college sports in strategic, creative, and digital spaces.

"We are proud to recognize and honor the rising talent and amazing achievements of so many incredible individuals with the latest 30 Under 30 class," said 2025-26 CSC President Patrick Crawford. "College Sports Communicators, at its core, is an organization that is driven by the strengths, skills and passions of its members. As new communicators join our ranks and begin to build their careers, we are fortunate to take this opportunity to celebrate the best of CSC's young professionals. This class is representative of both the diversity of our membership and the breadth of our overall community. Congratulations to this year's honorees."

The 28-year old from Carol Stream, Illinois attended Loras College in Iowa, where he studied Sport Management, worked as an Athletic Communications student-worker, and played on the varsity Baseball team. Prang graduated in the Fall of 2019 before relocating up to Michigan where he joined the Bulldogs' Athletic Communications staff shortly after in December 2019.

Mike first began his tenure at Adrian as the Assistant Sports Information Director, where he assisted in athletic communication operations for just over a year before he was promoted to the head Sports Information Director role in March 2021. Since then, Mike has been stewarding the operations of the largest Athletic Department in the nation, overseeing the everyday tasks of covering 53 athletic programs, from graphic design to social media and statistics among other duties.

During his time as a Bulldog, Mike has traveled to four NCAA Division III Frozen Fours and two National Championship games, as well as the 2021 NCAA DIII College World Series. His experience also includes attending three NCAA DIII Baseball Regionals, hosting one Regional, and traveling to a Super Regional. He has hosted four NCAA Men's Wrestling Regionals—two at Loras and two at Adrian—along with one Women's Wrestling Regional and two Women's Wrestling National Championships. Additionally, he traveled to the NCAA DIII Women's Golf National Championship and has hosted six NCAA DIII Tournament Hockey games. His work has taken him to a Men's Rugby National Championship, an NCAA DIII Track & Field Championship, and three NCAA Tournament Men's Basketball games, including two at Loras and one for Adrian. He also served as the official scorer for the 2019 NCAA DIII Women's Volleyball National Championship (Final 8) and has covered two Bass Fishing National Championships. Mike has also been around for three ACHA Hockey National Championship victories at Adrian.

Mike handled the redesign of the adrianbulldogs.com website in 2021, reshaping the image of the department online. In addition, he has helped grow the department's social media following, increasing the Instagram follower count by 6,000+, the Twitter follower count by 4,000+, and the Facebook follower count by roughly 3,500+ in just over five years. As the lead point of media contact for the department, Mike also works with local media outlets to promote Adrian Athletics through television and radio, including the likes of Adrian College TV, BCSN, 96.5 The Cave, and more.

"I'm truly honored to receive the CSC 30 Under 30 Award. This recognition reinforces my commitment to growing within the profession," said Prang. "Working with 53 athletic teams at Adrian College has been both challenging and incredibly rewarding. The success of our teams and student-athletes, along with the relationships I've built with them, continues to motivate me every day. Thank you so much to those who nominated me for the award, and to those who have helped me grow into the SID that I am today. I can't take all the credit for this honor. I'm incredibly thankful for every member of the Adrian College Sports Information staff, past and present. To our student workers and interns, thank you for all you do. I couldn't do my job the same without you."

To bolster his resume, Mike is a two-time D3SIDA Regional SID of the Year nominee and an active member of the College Sports Communicators Young Professionals Committee (YPC), where he also serves on the YPC Programming Subcommittee. In the summer of 2024, he was selected as a speaker for the CSC U-Summit. Additionally, he contributes to institutional recognition efforts as a member of the Adrian College Athletic Hall of Fame Committee.

"I'm excited to keep growing Adrian College Athletics and to continue sharing the stories and promoting the amazing teams and student-athletes who proudly call themselves Bulldogs," added the newest 30 Under 30 recipient.

Adrian College congratulates Mike Prang on this prestigious honor and extends their gratitude for everything Mike continues to do for the Athletic Department. He will be honored at the 2026 CSC Convention in Las Vegas next summer.