(Updated on 8/15/2025)
Alisha Markley was named the WIAC Business Manager in August 2025. She previously served as the conference's Strategic Communications and Championships Intern from 2023-25.
As business manager, Markley is responsible for processing, reconciling and reviewing budget documentation, as well as monitoring eligibility certificates. Additionally, she will continue to oversee all conference social media platforms, creating graphics and content.
During her time as strategic communications and championships intern, Markley enhanced conference social media followers by 33 percent across all platforms. She also attended championships and provided administrative support for the conference office.
Markley is a graduate of Dominican University in River Forest, Ill., where she earned her bachelor’s degree in informatics with a minor in mathematics. She went on to pursue a master of information management from Dominican University’s school of Library of Information Studies. During Markley’s time at Dominican, she was a member of the women’s basketball program for five years, finishing third on the program’s career scoring list with 1,106 points and second with 182 three-pointers made. Markley claimed All-Northern Athletics Collegiate Conference first team honors in 2020 and 2021, while earning second team status in 2022.
A native of Rushville, Ind., Markley’s passion for sports expanded past the basketball court as she was given the opportunity to serve as the Sports Information Intern and Game Day Assistant at Dominican, while also serving as the Game Day Assistant for the University of Chicago. Her responsibilities during her time as the Sports Information Intern entailed updating Stars schedules and rosters on the website, writing press releases, inputting statistics during various sporting events, and overseeing student workers. At the University of Chicago, her duties involved all sports information aspects of men’s and women’s basketball, as well as softball.
She is a member of the College Sports Communicators and Women Leaders in Sports, and resides in Cottage Grove, Wis.