Arkansas State University

Gina Bowman - Former Sports Information Director

Gina Bowman spent 33 years of her 46-year career at Arkansas State University in the Athletics Department. She worked in the A-State Sports Information Office as assistant director (1976-1994), assistant athletics director for media relations (1994-2002) and senior woman administrator for athletics. From 2002-06, she was assistant director of Athletics for Media Relations, from 2006-2008 was assistant director of the Sports Information Office.

She joined the Office of University Communications in 2008 as senior communications specialist and was director of media relations for A-State when she retired in 2022. 

In 2021, she was named an “Honorary Letterman” by the A-State Letterman’s Club. Bowman was part of the A-State Indian mascot retirement group and worked with the Centennial Committee for the university’s 100th anniversary celebration in 2009.

She served on various committees at A-State, including the first NCAA Certification committee during 1995-96 for Gender Equity, Minority Issues, and Student-Athlete Welfare. In addition, she was a committee member of the Sun Belt Conference track and field, football, NCAA Post Graduate District, and NCAA Scholarship groups.

Bowman was selected to the media relations staff at the United States South Sports Festival in St. Louis in 1994. A winner of the 2001 Quarter Century of Service award by the Sun Belt Conference, she also received an Outstanding Service Award from A-State in 1998.

Bowman was a voting member of the College Sports Information Directors of America and held memberships in the Female Athletic Media Relations Executives organization, Basketball Writers of America, Football Writers Association of America and A-State Alumni Association. She also worked as a freelance sportswriter for the Arkansas Democrat (1976-80) and the Pine Bluff Commercial (1981-83).

She was a member of the A-State All-Centennial Football Team Selection Committee in 2014.

She was a 1976 journalism graduate at A-State and spent her entire working career with the university after graduation.

Gina passed away on Feb. 26, 2024, at age 71.

Her brother, Michael Bowman, of Jonesboro and his family represented her at the Wall of Honor ceremony.