Members of the Greater Whitewater Committee have announced that University of Wisconsin-Whitewater Director of Intercollegiate Athletics Ryan Callahan will serve as speaker during the organization’s monthly meeting.

The event will be held tomorrow at 7 a.m., at 841 Brewhouse, 841 E. Milwaukee St., Whitewater.

According to information shared by Greater Whitewater Committee members, Callahan was named director of intercollegiate athletics in July of 2021, after serving in an interim capacity beginning in May of 2019.

According to information found on the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater’s website, he served as assistant athletic director for internal operations for two years after being hired full time in intercollegiate athletics in September of 2017.

As director of athletics, Callahan is responsible for the oversight of the Warhawks’ 22 varsity programs and is a member of the Chancellor’s Cabinet. 

Callahan, according to the university’s website, began working at UW-Whitewater in 2007 after several years of playing in the San Francisco Giants organization as a pitcher.

beginning in 2012, the website continued, Callahan served as the director of continuing education, where he assisted in a campus-wide effort aimed at identifying, planning and providing non-credit programming that addressed the needs and opportunities among regional constituencies and their communities. His role also included the oversight of all UW-Whitewater camps and clinics, where he worked closely with the UW-Whitewater Athletic Department.

A UW-Whitewater graduate, the website read, Callahan was a pitcher for the Warhawk baseball team between 2001 and 2004. He was a “three-time all-conference selection and part of three Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference regular season championships, two conference tournament titles and three NCAA Tournament appearances, including a 2004 trip to the NCAA Championship round. He was inducted into the UW-Whitewater Athletics Hall of Fame in 2019.”

As assistant AD for Internal Operations, according to the website, Callahan was “responsible for all financial aspects of the department, including budgeting, financial forecasting and liaison to several campus departments. He also oversaw game management and played a role in NCAA/postseason reporting, capital projects and strategic planning.”

Greater Whitewater Committee meetings are free to attend and open to the public, committee President Jeff Knight noted.

Those interested in learning more about the university’s athletic program are encouraged to attend, he said.

To learn more about the meeting, contact Knight by phone: 920-728-0662 or email: jpk@knightpublicaffairs.com.

About the Greater Whitewater Committee

According to information released by the group, the Greater Whitewater Committee is “an action-oriented group committed to working with citizens, elected officials, and policymakers to identify, craft, and implement a pro-business agenda. The agenda advances the economic, education, and social policies required to energize and secure the Whitewater area’s economic future, as well as protect Whitewater’s quality of life.”