WILMINGTON, N.C. (WECT) – It would not be an understatement to say Mike Oblinger’s emotions were sky-high when he found out he would be offered the job as UNCW’s Athletic Director. Oblinger was, in fact, in the sky when he received a message that Chancellor Aswani Volety wanted to hire him away from the University of Connecticut, where he worked for six years and held the job as Deputy Director of Athletics – External Relations.