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.

Guest Speaker Bob Pearson

On Thursday, October 28th we had a guest speaker come to our class. Dr. Bob Pearson came to us from Berry. He started his speech by giving all of us a whistle, a clip, and a notecard. He started talking to us about some of his background information. He then passed a sheet of 15 quotes from various people. We were all assigned a qoute and had to give our opinion of it. We went around the room and everyone gave their thaughts. After we finished that he then opened the discussion up for questions we proceeded to ask questions and then it was time for class to end. I thoroughly enjoyed listening to Dr. Bob Pearson. 

ICE

ICE assignment # 6-10: for my next assignment I choose to find positions that were geared toward sports and sales. I found some position s that interested me. I was able to find five positions that were located in Atlanta which is a big plus because I live there. The positions I found included ticket sales, merchandise sales, and a position selling specific athletic programs to high school athletes. I enjoyed my time spent in searching for these positions and would consider these interesting careers to explore as future job opportunities.

Guest Speaker Bill Popp

On Tuesday, October 19 we had Bill Popp as our guest speaker. Bill Popp is Reinhardt University's head athletic director and head men's baseball coach. Coach Popp has his bachelors degree from Kennesaw State  in sports management where he also played three years of baseball. Coach Popp was 11 year head baseball coach at Oglethorpe University. After Oglethrope Coach Popp was offered a position at Reinhardt as head Baseball coach and assistant athletic director. Shortly after he became head athletic director when the previous athletic director left. Coach Popp talked to us about some of the things he has done while he has been at Reinhardt. He told us that just recently he was in charge of moving our school into a different athletic conference for all sports teams here at Reinhardt. He also spoke to us about when he first came to Reinhardt. He was in charge of forming the Men's Baseball Program and Women's Softball Program. He has recently formed two new athletic teams at Reinhardt; they are Men's/ Women's Lacrosse. I found Coach Popp to be very knowledgeable about the athletic programs here at Reinhardt.

ICE

In doing this assignment I found some very interesting internship experiences. All of my picks focused on golf or tennis. I chose two tennis experiences from the same company. It was called Family Circle Cup and this is a place where professional tennis tournaments are held. Although when tournaments are not being held there it functions as a tennis club. In these positions I would be doing things like coordinating events, hosting events, stringing racquets, making lesson appointments, and attending to members needs. For the three golf positions I would be doing very similar things except they would be related to golf instead of tennis. I currently have a job now where I perform very similar tasks, however these internships could give me more experience.

YMCA Trip

On Tuesday September 14th our class attended the Canton YMCA. Unfortunately I was unable to attend because I was not feeling well. After reading through the blogs I gathered up some information. I was informed that the class was given a tour of all the facilities. They saw all different areas of the Canton YMCA including the main lobby, the gym which included basketball courts, volley ball nets, and indoor track. They also have aquatic areas with indoor and outdoor pools. The canton YMCA even has a special Reinhardt room where students from Reinhardt meet. They were also told about jobs that the YMCA offers which are: membership management, lifeguarding, cardio instructor, cycling instructor, aerobics instructor, and aquatics instructor. These are all jobs that would interesting for a sports management major.

Vic Mitchell

On Tuesday, September 7^th, our class had a guest speaker Vic Mitchell. Vic currently is the senior associate athletic director/Head Womens basketball coach at Shorter University.  Vic began by giving us some of his background information. He achieved his graduate and undergraduate degree from University of Georgia. After graduating Vic decided to do a graduate assistantship for the men’s basketball program to help pay for his schooling. He talked about how that was a great experience in his life by being in the right place at the right time because while he was there it was a time where two future NBA players where attending UGA. The most famous player was Dominque Wilkins. After graduating he took his first full time job at Reinhardt college as the head Men’s basketball coach.  He worked here for six years before he took his present position at Shorter University. He was first hired to be the women’s head basketball coach and cross country coach until he worked his way up to have the position associate athletic director he has today. Vic talked to us about why he left Reinhardt and moved to Shorter. He said that it was more important to him to work for a four year program opposed to the 2 year program Reinhardt was at the time. He also talked to us about all the growth of Shorter’s athletic program. The main growth he discussed was their new addition of their football program. He told us that since they added football they have had more student athletes come to Shorter, which he said was a huge benefit since they are a tuition driven school just like Reinhardt. After listening to Vic, I am beginning to understand how one job can often lead to another.

Peggy Collins Feehery

In class on Tuesday we had a guest speaker Ms. Feehery she is the director of career services at Reinhardt University. Ms Feehery purpose of coming to talk to us was to talk us about resumes. She explained that there are two types of resumes they are chronological and block resumes. She also talked to use about interviews this is where I learned the most. I found Ms. Feehery's speech to be very informative. I will defiantly  remember Ms. Feehery's information and plan on taking that information with me as I am seeking career opportunities.

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