Dwayne Hanberry, 46, begins his 17th year with the Southern
Collegiate Athletic Conference and his fourth full year
as the league's commissioner. Since the conference reorganzied in
1991, he is the the league's second full-time
commissioner.
Hanberry was hired by the SCAC in 1995 as the league's sports
information director. He was promoted to assistant commissioner in
2000, associate commissioner in 2005 and served as interim
commissioner for six months before being named commissioner in
2008.
Hanberry is a member of the Division III Commissioner Association
(DIIICA), the National Association of Division III Athletic
Administrators (NADIIIAA) and the College Sports Information
Directors of America (CoSIDA) where he served on the Membership
Services Committee from 2005 to 2010.
Hanberry holds a B.B.A. degree from Oglethorpe University where he
was a two-year starter on the Petrel basketball team for Coach Jack
Berkshire. Hanberry was named team MVP his junior season and is
still one of the school's all-time leaders for
single-season field goal percentage, career field goal percentage
and rebounds per game - both for a season and
a career.
Prior to transfering to Oglethorpe, Hanberry was a two-year starter
for Coach Lawrence Smithmier at Pearl River Community College in
Poplarville, Mississippi. An All-State performer his sophomore
season, Hanberry was inducted into the school's Athletics Hall
of Fame in the fall of 2009.
He and his wife, Charis, reside in Suwanee, Ga., with their two
sons, David (16) and Daniel (12).
