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Michigan State University

 

Sports Operations Coordinator - July 2014-Current

  • Facilitate and provide assistance for all post season travel - including Big Ten Tournaments and NCAA Tournaments

  • Maintain the NCAA Travel Website for post season travel (Shorts Travel)

  • Prepare and process game contracts for non-conference home events and/or any specialty events

  • Organize meeting materials for administrative and department staff

  • Process missed class day forms for the academic year 

  • Create and maintain the Sports Operations Manual

  • Attend and assist with athletic related competitions and any special events from the university or athletic department

Michigan State University


College of Education

Masters of Arts in Education

2011-2015

 

College of Education

Bachelors of Science in Kinesiology

2006-2010

 

College of Education

Health Studies Certificate

2010

Resume

Education

Work Experience

Photo Credit: http://brand.msu.edu/logos-stationery/index.html

Photo Credit: http://www.nancylieberman.com/index.php

Photo Credit: http://www.bigten.org/

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Director of Volleyball Operations - April 2012-June 2014

  • Organized team travel (Itineraries, buses, hotels, airplanes, and restaurants)

  • Planned, marketed, and facilitated MSU Volleyball kids club, student section, and sideout club

  • Adhere to all administrative issues - compliant with all NCAA, Big Ten, and MSU rules and paperwork

  • Outlined and carryout the volleyball marketing plan for all home volleyball events

  • Liaison between volleyball staff and all departments of athletics (Compliance, ticketing, academics, marketing, event management, facilities, and fundraising)

Spartan Ticket Office - Internship - August 2011-April 2012

  • Led day-to-day operations of Division 1 athletic ticket office

    • Ticket sales of 12 sports including: season, single-game, and mini-plan ticket packages

    • Organized away game tickets and seating charts based upon donor priority

    • Balanced daily and athletic event sale

  • Supervised select athletic events and staff members

    • Solved and accommodated accessible seating for patron in need

    • Provided quality customer service while handling player guest, pass lists, and will call

Education
Work Experience
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Director of Softball Operations - August 2010- August 2011

  • Marketed and promoted softball for media relations to improve game attendance throughout the season

  • Direct involvement with the coaching staff

    • Organized and filed information on current recruit

    • Involvement in official and unofficial visits

    • Prepared the facility for practice - set-up and take down of drills

  • Coordinated clinics and player development

Nancy Lieberman Basketball

 

Intern & Basketball Camp Coordinator - May 2008- October 2009

  • Planned, marketed, and operated summer basketball camps in the Dallas/Fort Worth area

  • Facilitated travel arrangements for Nancy Lieberman and her Women's National Basketball Association broadcasts

  • Effectively managed camps under a small budget

Michigan State University

 

Student Basketball Manager - October 2006-May 2010

  • Men's Basketball Operations Intern

    • Organized team travel arrangements (Itineraries, team buses, hotel, and airplanes)

    • Assigned shoot-around and practice times for both home/away teams

    • Collaboration of game day atmosphere ideas for intense energy and noise levels

  • Men's Basketball Student Manager

    • Edited game film, compiled statistics, and generated scouting reports

    • Pregame preparation, game day operations, postgame organization and team food orders

    • Assisted coaches daily throughout the year (Recruiting, practice, and games)

    • Delegated duties for nine underclassman managers

  • Women's Basketball Student Manager

    • Involved with team travel, food orders, and video as a first year manager

Volunteer Work

To teach, mentor and educate student-athletes into well rounded individuals through sports coaching and leadership.

Big Ten Conference

  • 2015 Big Ten Track and Field Championship - Volunteer worker for Men's Javelin and transportation shuttle

Big Ten Network

  • Women's Gymnastics - Volunteer worker for the vault, recorded scores for the live television broadcast

EVE - End Violent Encounters

  • EVE Golf Outing - Volunteer worker during golf outing (set-up, registration, coordinate event holes, organize post round raffles, and clean-up)

Spartan Random Acts of Kindness

  • Meals on wheels - Volunteer delivery man for meals on wheels in the greater Lansing area

  • Food Bank - Volunteer worker for greater Lansing food bank (organize and distribute donated food items)

Michigan State Athletics

  • 1st Pitch Dinner - Volunteer worker for set-up, registration and clean-up of the 1st Pitch Dinner for MSU Baseball

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