BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – Samford's 2022-23 All-Southern Conference Faculty-Staff Team members, Laura Promer and Doug Wilson, were presented plaques by SoCon Commissioner Jim Schaus at Saturday afternoon's men's basketball game.

Laura Promer, Samford (faculty)
Laura Promer is the Director of Undergraduate Studies in the department of Communication Sciences and Disorders in the School of Health Professions at Samford University. She founded Communication and Reading Therapies in 2001 where she evaluates and treats language, reading, writing and related disorders in children and adults. Promer is an Associate in the Academy of Orton Gillingham Practitioners and a certified Structured Literacy Dyslexia Interventionist (SLDI) through the International Dyslexia Association. In 2017, she started the Literacy Specialty Clinic through Samford University’s Academic Enhancement Center to provide evaluations and treatment to athletes with learning disabilities in the areas of language, reading and writing.
 
Doug Wilson, Samford (staff)
Doug Wilson joined the Samford staff in 2000 as a major gifts development officer and is now the Assistant Vice President of Advancement for the university. A 1983 graduate of Samford, where he lettered on the track and cross country teams, Wilson served 28 years in the Air Force and the Air National Guard, where he had multiple deployments, including Operations Deny Flight, Allied Force, Enduring Freedom and Iraqi Freedom. He retired from the Air National Guard in 2011 with the rank of Lt Col.