Dex Blank

Coordinator - Ohio Bobcat Club

cc497017@ohio.edu

Dex Blank was named Ohio Bobcat Club Coordinator in August of 2020.

He most recently served as a Development Assistant for Athletics at Ohio University and has worked in several different capacities with the Ohio Bobcat Club (OBC). Blank has been involved with Ohio Athletics since August of 2018 serving as a game operations volunteer, graduate assistant and staff member.

While working with the Ohio Bobcat Club, he has managed a donor portfolio of approximately 130 donors and worked to renew numerous annual donations each year. Also, he has been responsible for the onboarding and management of the Graduate Assistants in the OBC. He has played an integral role in creating a new communication and stewardship plan for the Ohio Bobcat Club that will ultimately fit into the new strategic plan that the OBC will adopt in 2020.

While a Graduate Assistant in 2019, Blank was responsible for planning and running the Hospitality Village, where they saw record attendance and increased involvement across the entire athletics department. He created and put on the first ever Preseason Tip-Off Basketball Event for Ohio Athletics that attracted OHIO’s top-level donors, IMG clientele and basketball premium seat holders. He also oversaw premium seating operations for men’s basketball, led the Semi-Annual Student-Athlete Thank- A-Thon, helped run the OBC social media accounts and worked very closely with the Ohio Bobcat Club Advisory Board.

Prior to arriving in Athens, Blank served as a Development Assistant for Athletics at the University of South Carolina from 2017-2018.  While there, he served as the 200-level Floor Captain for premium areas during home football games, overseeing 20 student employees and stewarding UofSC’s highest- level donors in the Williams-Brice Stadium ($25,000+ annual donations).  Additionally, he helped manage the social media presence of the Gamecock Club, created and distributed over 1,500 gift acknowledgements, and trained and helped manage 10+ student interns for the Gamecock Club.

Prior to his time at UofSC, he served as a Phoenix Club Assistant for the fundraising arm of Elon Athletics. He monitored hospitality events sponsored by the Phoenix Club for home football and basketball games, as well as helped coordinate their annual event, “The Night of the Phoenix,” which raises over $200,000 in one night.

Blank notably completed internships in the athletic department administrative offices at the University of North Carolina in 2016 and at Duke University in 2015. He attended Elon University where he earned his Bachelor of Science in Business Administration in 2017 while competing as a men’s golf student- athlete. He went on to earn his Master of Business Administration and his Master of Sports Administration from Ohio University, finishing in 2020.