The Kansas City Current announced Monday that Dani Welniak is joining the team as its Executive Director of Communications. She begins her new role with the club immediately. The longtime Kansas City area sports reporter and director has been tapped to move to the club side of KC professional sports coverage. “We are thrilled to welcome Dani to the Current,” said team president Allison Howard. “She’s been an integral part of the Kansas City sports community for years and an advocate for women’s sports for even longer. We are fortunate to have her vast experience and knowledge as we continue our mission to become the best women’s soccer club in the world.” For the past six years, Welniak has reported at KCTV5 in Kansas City, recently serving as the station’s Sports Director and host of The Locker Room Show on KSMO-TV. Welniak started her news career in Dodge City, KS covering high school sports for Catch It Kansas. After two years, she moved up to Wichita’s main station, KWCH 12, before moving to Kansas City in 2016 to join KCTV5, where she became the Sports Director in 2017. She was also the sideline analyst for the Chiefs Radio Network from 2016 through 2019. She made history in 2019 as a color analyst for the Cure Bowl when she became part of the first all-female radio crew to call a Division I college football bowl game. “What Angie, Chris, and Brittany are building in Kansas City is something that will not only impact the women of this generation but it sets in motion a better future for our daughters and granddaughters. As a former professional athlete that wants to continue to see those barriers shattered, I am so excited to be a part of it,” said Dani Welniak.Welniak is a retired wide receiver for the Dallas Diamonds professional football team. During her time on the team, she was the 2007 Rookie of the Year, a 2008 Women’s Super Bowl champion, a three-time All-Pro member, and a member of the gold medal-winning USA national team in 2010. In her new role with the Current, Welniak will oversee the club’s communications department and public relations efforts.