A graduate of the University of Delaware, Dustin Semonavick was named as the Tigers' Associate Director of Athletics Media Relations in October, 2011.

A native of Dover, Del., he started his career as a Sports Information intern at his alma mater where he worked for long-time SID Scott Selheimer.Prior to his arrival at Towson, he worked in the offices at Rutgers University and Old Dominion University.

Semonavick comes to Towson after two years at Old Dominion. At ODU, Semonavick was the primary contact for the Lady Monarchs basketball team, along with the nationally-ranked field hockey and sailing squads.

Semonavick was also a key contributor to the media relation efforts for the ODU men’s basketball team during the 2009-10 season in which the Monarchs had 14 televised games, won the CAA Tournament and upset Notre Dame in the NCAA Tournament First Round.

At Rutgers, Semonavick worked as the primary media contact for men's and women's lacrosse, volleyball, tennis and swimming & diving. He was also the secondary contact for the nationally-ranked women's basketball team, which made a pair of Sweet 16 appearances during his tenure.

Numerous features on Semonavick’s teams and student-athletes have appeared in national media outlets, including ESPN.com, NCAA.com, Sports Illustrated, HBO Real Sports, ABC’s Nightline and ESPN The Magazine.

He earned his degree in English and Journalism from the University of Delaware in May of 2005. While at Delaware, he worked for three years as a reporter for the award-winning student newspaper, The Review, and served as co-producer and host of the Hen Zone, a weekly UD sports television show.

An outstanding tennis player, he served as team captain and led Caesar Rodney High School to the Delaware state team title in 2001 and played in four Club National Campus Tennis Championships representing the University of Delaware, leading the squad to a top 10 national finish in 2002 at Austin, Tex.