Caleb Philips was named the Athletic Communications Specialist at Alverno in August of 2025.
Philips comes to Alverno after a successful three-plus years at Plattsburgh State, an NCAA Division III institution in upstate New York. There, Philips served first as the Athletic Communications Assistant from March 2022 to August 2023 before being promoted to the Director of Athletic Communications in August 2023, a role he served in until June 2025. He led the publication efforts for the school's 18 varsity sports, helping cover three conference champion hockey teams and numerous All-Conference honorees.
During his time there, Philips helped lead the transition from Boxcast to Production Truck for the Plattsburgh streaming efforts, helping to elevate the broadcasts throughout all of their home events. He also transformed the social media coverage of the athletics accounts, taking over all social media duties upon arrival and charting record growth in his first year. This past December, Philips was honored as one of the inaugural members of the Division III Athletic Communicators Emerging Elite Program with 29 other individuals from around the country. He was also named the 2024-25 D3SIDA Region 1 Communicator of the Year in August of 2025, an award that is nominated and selected by fellow Division III Athletic Communicators.
Philips got his start in athletic communications at Susquehanna University in August of 2021, but was no stranger to Division III athletics, having been a four-year member of the baseball team at Houghton College. At the conclusion of his career, he set program records in career saves, single-season saves, single-season games pitched, and career games pitched. In 2019, he was named to the Empire 8 All-Conference First Team as a utility player.
Philips earned his Bachelor of Arts in Communication at Houghton College in 2020 and his Master of Arts in Professional Communication at Youngstown State in 2021 and currently resides in Gurnee with his girlfriend and their cat Wally.
