Illinois Wesleyan

Katie Gonzales, who has experience at the Division III and Division I levels of college sports, joined the Illinois Wesleyan athletic department in August of 2019. She serves as the primary athletic communications contact for football, men's & women's basketball, men's & women's golf, and softball, while also overseeing the communications efforts for all 26 of IWU's athletic programs.

Gonzales is an active member of the College Sports Communicators, serving on the Diversity and Inclusion Committee and the Academic All-America Committee. In the fall of 2023, Gonzales moved into the role of chair for the Academic All-America committee. She is also a member of the National Association of Division III Athletic Administrators, Minority Opportunities Athletic Association and Women Leaders in College Sports. At Illinois Wesleyan, she serves as Co-Chair of the Athletics Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Action Committee.
 
Prior to joining IWU, she spent four years at Division I Eastern Michigan University, serving as the primary contact for women's soccer, women's basketball, swimming and diving, and softball as well as the secondary contact for football and volleyball as a graduate assistant and assistant director. She also spearheaded the department's creative content efforts and social media strategies.

In addition, she has been a part of the official stat crew for numerous Mid-American Conference football, basketball, and softball championships as well as several NCAA men's soccer regionals and an annual 25-team softball tournament.
 
From 2011 to 2015 Gonzales attended Loras College and was a student intern in their sports information office before becoming the school's assistant director of athletic communications as a senior. Gonzales helped relaunch the Loras athletics web site, increasing the coverage of the school's 23 athletic programs. 
 
Gonzales graduated from Loras in 2014 with a double major in sport management and mathematics and received her master's degree with honors in sport management from Eastern Michigan in 2017.

Gonzales and her wife Catherine reside in Springfield, Ill.