Samantha Rinkus

Biography

Samantha Rinkus joined the women's basketball staff as the Digital Media & Recruiting Content Manager ahead of the 2022-23 season. In her role, she works with the staff to provide digital and social content for all recruiting efforts for the Wake Forest women's basketball program as well as assist with day-to-day content items for the program as a whole. During Rinkus’ first season working with the program, the Deacs tied the most since the 2011-12 season, defeated four NCAA Tournament teams including wins over two Elite Eight teams and grabbed 12 wins at home, the fourth-highest total in program history. Additionally, the Demon Deacons signed a top-25 recruiting class according to ESPNW during Flores’ first season on campus. This marks the first time since the 2014 class that the Deacs have signed multiple top-100 players in the same class and just the second time in the ESPNW era. Rinkus came to Wake Forest from American University where she served as an associate director on the Athletics Communications staff, working with the women's basketball program as well as other programs on campus. She was in the nation's capital for six years and was promoted to associate director ahead of the 2021-22 season. During her time with the Eagles, Rinkus rebooted and managed the department's visual and graphics content for three years. She oversaw significant growth on all social media channels for her primary sports, and managed postseason coverage for women's basketball (NCAA, WNIT) a