Event Management

For my event management I did an event through my job at the Atlanta Country Club tennis department. The event I chose happened last week where I helped manage a Jr. USTA quickstart tournament. Some of the responsibilities I had was setting up the courts for the tournament, keeping score for the kids participating in the tournament, as well as making sure the kids were following the proper rules specified for the tournament. When the tournament started I was responsible for assigning parent monitors to each child's court. After I finished this task I began working on the set up for the awards ceremony to follow the tournament where I was busy looking at the results and determining the over all winner and the most improved player. After determining this I printed the awards and got them to the director to be presented to the kids. After this the kids left and I was once again busy breaking down the courts so we would be ready for regular tennis matches to take place. Over all in helping manage this event, I learned that these tournaments require a lot of cordination. 

GAE 6-10

So in my continuing search for Graduate Assistantship I was able to find more opportunities that interested me. The first assistantship that I found was an opening at Berry College where I would be assisting their athletic trainer. For my second Graduate assistantship that I found was an opening at Vilanova Universtity in their sports medicine program where I would be working with the athletic trainer in helping athletes learn how to prevent injuries. The third Graduate assistantship I found is at University of Tennessee where I would be working with injured athletes. The fourth Graduate assistantship would be with the Lovett School where I would be assisting all athletic coaches with constructing team practice schedules. The final Graduate assistantship that I found was an opening at University of Miami where I would be helping in their Kinesiology department. In  this assistanship I would help teach athletes about muscle groups. Although all assitantships target different areas, they all focus on areas of sports I am interested in.

GAE 1-5

My first Graduate Assistantship  is an opening for athletic trainer at Bowling Green State University where I would be assisting the head athletic trainer. The second Graduate Assistantship is an opening at Illinois State University where I would help create exercise programs for the athletes at the university. The third Graduate Assistantship is an opening at Georgia Tech where I would be assisting in the sports medicine program with athletes at Georgia Tech. The fourth Graduate Assistantship is a  Men's/ Women's Tennis instructor at Eastern Kentucky University where I would be assisting the Men's/ Women's Tennis Program. The fifth Graduate Assistantship is an opening in assisting the athletic trainer at Auburn University. In reviewing these graduate Assistantship's I realized that these opportunities could potentially help me in furthering my education while attaining real world experience.

ICE 16-20

So for next set of ICE's I choose some very interesting internships. The first one I chose was a Tennis Channel researcher where I would do research on professional tennis players for Tennis Channel. The next one that I selected was a retail intern for Atlanta Spirit. where I would sell and promote the selling of Hawks/Thrashers apparel. The next one I picked was a USGA golf tournament manager for Jr. girl's tournaments in the Florida area. The fourth one I chose was a game day operator for the Hawks/Thrashers where I would assist in the set up of the arena before the fans showed up for a game. The fifth and final one that I selected was a corporate  partner for the Atlanta Hawks/ Thrashers where I would would assist in the promotion of corporate sponsors for the Hawks/Thrashers. These internships all offered different characteristics that appealed to me because I could stay in Atlanta, and they had potential growth for future career opportunities.

ICE 10-15

 So for my next set of ICE experience's I chose all five topics to be different, versus similar, as I did last time. The first one I chose was an Internship from the USTA where I would be assisting in being a referee for USTA Jr. sanctioned tournaments.  The second one I chose was a youth baseball camp coach where I would coach kids baseball fundamentals. The third one was a marketing position with the Boston Celtics basketball team where I would educate youth basketball players on what the Boston Celtics basketball program offers. The fourth one, a youth athletic development coach where I would show campers different athletic opportunities by having them participate in different sports. The fifth one I chose was an accounting program with Under Armor where I would be doing accounting work for them. These experiences all appealed to me in different ways, and I felt these were experiences I had never thought about before. 

Turner Field Trip

On Thursday, November 11th our class went to Turner Field. On this tour our class we got to see the hall of fame garden, the hall of fame museum, the corporate suits, a media suit, the sun trust club level, the Brave's locker room, the the braves dugout, and also we got to walk on the field. My favorite part of the tour was seeing the memorabilia in the hall of fame museum. This tour also brought back childhood memories of when I used to go to Brave's games with my dad.On this trip to Turner Field I realized there are many opportunities to work in a sports related field here.

GA Tech/ GA Dome

On Tuesday November 2, our class visited Georgia Tech's athletic training facility. Our tour started out at 10:30 where we were shown GA Tech's impressive athletic training facility. The facility included six basketball courts, an indoor soccer field, 3 exercise studios, a rock climbing wall, 4 racket ball courts, a large fitness center full of equipment, an Olympic competitive diving swimming pool, and finally another leisure pool. This was definitely a facility where many different athletes could work out. We then left this facility and proceeded to the GA Dome where we were given a tour of the whole stadium. Some of the things we got to experience on this tour were the media press box's, the patrons suits, locker rooms, and we even got to walk on the field where the Falcons play. This was a great experience and enjoyed by all.