PORTLAND, Ore.—Lewis & Clark Director of Physical Education & Athletics Mark Pietrok announced that Jeremy Loew ('95) and Seth Orensky have been promoted to Assistant Director of Athletics.
"I'm extremely excited to celebrate Jeremy and Seth and announce their new titles/responsibilities," Pietrok said. "Both have made a tremendous impact on our department and have consistently gone above and beyond in their roles. They represent Lewis & Clark Athletics exceptionally well, both through the work they do within our facilities and through the strong relationships they have built across campus. Their commitment, professionalism, and willingness to contribute wherever needed, has made them valued members of our team. These new titles & responsibilities are a well-deserved recognition of their hard work and the impact they have made on our department and the broader Lewis & Clark community. I'm incredibly proud of both of them and grateful to have them on our team."
Loew, who joined the Lewis & Clark training staff in 2003, will serve as the Assistant Athletic Director for Sports Medicine. He was named the Head Athletic Trainer in 2020 after stints as the Interim Head Athletic Trainer and Associate Head Athletic Trainer. He leads a staff of four athletic trainers in providing coverage for over 400 Lewis & Clark student-athletes. Loew and his staff cover all Lewis & Clark athletic home events and many road events - in addition to managing the day-to-day health care of student-athletes. He also teaches First Aid and CPR to groups across the Lewis & Clark undergraduate and graduate campuses.
He also serves in a variety of roles on campus. Loew works as the Student Health Insurance Plan Administrator for Lewis & Clark's undergraduate and law campuses. He works with several other local schools to help create the best possible coverage for Lewis & Clark students and ensures all students are covered. Loew also represents Athletics on the Welfare Intervention Network (WIN). The WIN network is a dedicated team of Lewis & Clark professional staff who collaboratively coordinate outreach efforts to help students, faculty, and staff who may be experiencing a difficult situation or may be a potential health or safety risk to themselves or others. Loew also serves as the Chair of the Athletics Hall of Fame Committee. In his role, he organizes the Hall of Fame Committee and leads the voting for Hall of Fame classes.
Orensky joined Lewis & Clark in 2022 as the Director of Athletic Communications. He will now serve as the Assistant Athletic Director for Athletic Communications. Orensky leads a two-person team to publicize Lewis & Clark Athletics 21 varsity teams. The Athletic Communications team is charged with maintaining the department's website, recordkeeping and managing the streaming video platform, assisting in all athletics marketing initiatives, and in building the Lewis & Clark brand through the use of social media. Lewis & Clark's Athletic Communications department earned the Jack Sareault Award for the 2024-25 school year – the award is given to the top athletic communications department in the Northwest Conference as voted by their peers.
Orensky has served on a number of committees connected to the new River Otter mascot over the past three years. He first served on the Mascot Nomination and Selection Committee as one of the six leaders of the group that helped whittle down over 400 nominations to help pick the finalists for the new mascot. He has also worked on a small L&C team that partnered with Wieden + Kennedy to help create the school's new logo, branding, mascot suit and mascot backstory. Since the selection of the new mascot, he has represented Athletics on the Mascot Implementation Committee. The committee has led the efforts to roll out the River Otter on campus, helped plan and execute the first-ever River Otter Week and work to come up with strategic ways to weave the mascot into the campus community.
