K. Adam Powell

Adam Powell is a native of Sneads Ferry, North Carolina, and a 2001 graduate of the University of North Carolina of Chapel Hill. He is currently the Public Information Officer of Rockingham County Schools in Eden, North Carolina. Powell served as Editor of the Mebane Enterprise newspaper, located in Mebane, North Carolina from 2017 to 2021. Powell won a Blue Ribbon Award from the North Carolina School Press Relations Association (NCSPRA) in 2023 for Excellence in Education Communications, and won a total of 11 North Carolina Press Association Awards from 2017 to 2021. Powell was the publisher of the UNC website in the Rivals.com network, TarHeelIllustrated.com, from 2006 to 2014, and the editor of the Wake Forest Rivals.com website, DeaconsIllustrated.com, from 2011 to 2013. He was also a freelance contributor to the ACC Sports Journal and ACCSports.com from 2004 to 2019. Adam has also managed to find the time to write a few books over the years as well. Adam lives in Mebane, North Carolina with his wife, Julie, a teacher in the Alamance-Burlington School System, and his two children, Colt and Jenna.