Patrick J Crossan Email & Phone Number

Washington D.C. Metro Area

General Manager/Head Coach: Wizards District Gaming- Won the 2020 and 2021 NBA2Kleague Championships - 2022 Runner up for 3v3 and 5v5 Championship playoffs - Named 2021 NBA2KLEAGUE Coach of the Year- 3v3 Slam Open Champions - Qualified for playoffs four out of six seasons - Created the culture, organizational mission, and player code of conduct WizDG follows - Responsible for scouting, recruiting, trading, and drafting of WizDG players - All-time leader in Regular season wins in the NBA2Kleague - Structured scheduling: weekly practice scrims, team travel, events, team bonding, and production requests for team/player content - Evaluated and scouted for opponents and in-game strategy implementation - Member of the NBA2Kleague competition committee helping shape league policies and rules - Oversee and manage the budget of WizDG’s Player Operations - Represented WizDG at partnership dinners, panels, charity events, and local youth camps in the DMV area - Ran WizDG’s off-season draft-eligible tournaments

• Create the format and structure of the trial event which best allows for the evaluation of talent • Develop criteria and standards to evaluate gamers • Select the 7 gamers that will represent USA Basketball at the FIBA Esports OpenFIBA Esports Open II North and Central America Conference Championship

Greater Philadelphia

- Cover local high school football and volleyball games for local newspapers and PaPrepLive.com- Record and track statistics for Pa Prep Live - After stats are recorded, write box scores used for print and for online publication- Tweet game updates, photos, and videos of live games - Interview coaches and players after games for quotes

Philadelphia

- Interview players for features for St. Joe's game day programs- Work men's and women's home games: running statistics sheets to reporters, announcers, etc.- Setting up media room after home games

- Write recaps for 4-6 Pittsburgh Pirate’s away games every month.- Reported on Duquesne Men’s basketball critical decision to fire their head coach. - For PSR’s website, covered the Wimbledon Men’s Final and Preakness Stakes - Wrote articles for PSR’s KidSports magazine on proper nutrition for children and medical emergencies at athletic organizations

Indiana, Pa

- Beat Writer for IUP’s Women’s Tennis team 2015-2016 season- Wrote season previews, game and tournament recaps, features on tennis athlete’s and season reviews- Tasked with writing features on IUP athlete’s, club teams and coaches- Feature on IUP Swimmer was reprinted by The York Dispatch in paper and online publications - Recapped college basketball’s March Madness tournament- Interviewed and wrote about the women’s rugby team struggling to keep team afloat

Exton, Pa

Journalism And Public Relations, Journalism

Activities and Societies: Generation Gap IUP-TV, Staff Writer for The Penn, The Big Hit IUP-TV

High School Diploma