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Kansas City, Missouri, United States

Kansas City, Missouri, United States

Kansas City, Missouri, United States

Kansas City, Missouri, United States

Assist student-athletes, coaches, parents, and school administrators with variouseligibility tasks, as well as answer questions via phone and email.Review academic and athletic history of student-athletes to make and post aneligibility decision.Have in-depth knowledge of the NAIA and the eligibility rules and exceptions.Adapt to constantly changing eligibility rules and exceptions to help stakeholdersunderstand their decisions.

Overland Park, Kansas, United States

Iowa City, Iowa

- Help to enhance the courses "Communications and PR In Sport" and "Ethics in Sport" by effectively communicating with the instructor and grading course work. - Participate in weekly meetings with course instructor to discuss course progress and student work. - Provide feedback to students to help advance their skills.

Carver-Hawkeye Arena

-- Head of marketing for Iowa Track & Field and Cross Country (2018 - present). • Create and execute marketing plans for all home events.• Communicate with coaches to develop and create strategic marketing plans. • Led meet day marketing operations for the 2019 B1G Outdoor Track & Field Championships (Iowa City, IA).-- Assisted in game day operations for all 24 varsity sports. -- Student intern lead for Iowa Women's Basketball (2019 - present). • Assist in creating a unique game day experience; including music, promotions, script writing, and on-court presentations. -- Student intern lead for on-field recognitions at Iowa Football home games. -- Student intern lead for Iowa Men's Basketball (2016-2019). • Direct pre-game Iowa Men's Basketball production in Carver-Hawkeye Arena by communicating with HawkVision, band director, sound, marketing interns, PA announcer, and in-house DJ. • Produced one half on an Iowa Men's Basketball game. -- Develop Instagram Story content for various Iowa Hawkeye teams. • Notable accounts: @TheIowaHawkeyes - 78.1K Followers @iowawbb - 13.1K Followers @iowahoops - 48.8K Followers -- Mentor and lead 20+ marketing interns. -- Work directly with Marketing Directors to plan, run, produce, and execute successful Iowa Hawkeye marketing plans and events. -- Interact with donors and other high-profile personnel at Hawkeye events. -- Attend weekly meetings with marketing, Learfield, and ticketing personnel. -- Create social media and game day graphics using Photoshop. -- Participated in the B1G marketing meetings in May 2019 (Chicago, IL.)

Carver-Hawkeye Arena

- Work directly with Assistant Marketing Directors to plan, run, produce, and execute successful Iowa Hawkeye marketing plans. - Assisted with the launch of the Fight for Iowa brand initiative. - Lead student intern for Iowa Men’s Basketball. - Assisted with all game day production execution, including music, promotions, and on-field/on-court presentations. - Developed post-season marketing summaries for various Iowa Hawkeye teams. - Coordinated efforts to break Iowa Women’s Soccer attendance record (September 25, 2015 – 1,847).

Des Moines, Iowa

- Assisted in selling tickets for the final home game of the season. - Developed, researched, and presented a new theme night idea for the Iowa Wolves that would drive ticket sales and generate revenue for the organization.- Worked directly with Iowa Wolves Executives post-course to help develop the plan further. - Iowa Wolves implemented the idea that our group presented to them (Dance Marathon Night)

Master'S Degree, Sport And Recreation Management

Cumulative GPA: 4.04

Sport And Recreation Management

Activities and Societies: Sport and Recreation Management ClubB.S. in Sport and Recreation Management Leadership Certificate - Graduated.

Education record

Activities and Societies: - Volleyball