May ‘19 FULL COURT PRESS The Official Newsletter of the Centenary University Sports Management Concentration

8th Annual Sports Mangement Conference Topic Breakdown

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8th Annual Sports Mangement Conference

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Volunteering at Centenary (Soccer)

Internship at the Philadelphia Eagles

Volunteering at Centenary (Lacrosse)

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Comedy for A Cause

Internship AAF

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NFL Watch Party with Jamal Adams 8TH Annual Sports Highlights of the Conference Mangement Conference Little League Volunteering Dr. Sutton with his inspirational Page 6 To all of our industry alumni keynote address to the students. and friends, On behalf of Centenary The pre-conference networking New York Mets Sponsorship Project University, the Sports Management event with Centenary students. Special WWE Wrestlemania Axxess Experience Program, Dean Hadzovic student kudos to Dr. Sutton, Lisa Meyer, Page 7 leader for the conference, and the Nicole Cartaino for leading this event and to Chris and Ornette Centenary University and Event class, please accept our deepest Newton High School Joint Project appreciation and thanks for your Sanchez for organizing the pre- Paws For A Cause participation and support of the 8th conference. Annual Centenary University Sports The workshops were greatly Page 8 Management Conference. Over 100 appreciated and valued by the students. Pocono College Tour students from 5 different schools were Special kudos for leading these registered and the feedback from them workshops to ... was outstanding especially with their interaction with you on the panels and round tables! CONTINUED... Full Court Press - May ‘19 Page 1 Highlights of the Conferenc HIGHLIGHTS OF THE CONFERENCE (CONTINUED)

(Continued) The workshops were The roundtable sessions as always Also, for the Centenary University greatly appreciated and valued by the were popular and added to the Sports Management Hall of Fame students. Special kudos for leading energy and dynamics of the student reception and induction ceremony these workshops to engagement. recognizing Fred Mangione, Elisa The industry representation Padilla, Drew Green, Jamie Ponce, o Sales - Kyle Ingram, Chris Ruoff, at the conference was outstanding and Dr. Bill Sutton special kudos to Luis Santiago as always, your impressions of the Todd Reddington for chairing the o Analytics - David Hedlund and event is crucial with their ret-um and selection committee and serving as the Linda Ritchie encouraging their peers from other MC for the induction ceremony. o Social Media - Will Carafello, Tim organizations to attend. In closing, again, thank-you for Guella, Carolyn Clites Our sponsorship support was all you do for our students and look o Events - Sam Greiner, Kristine tremendous, and we had a total of forward to seeing you at our 9th Prokopec, Lisa Meyer, Arianna over $2,200 and special thanks to Annual Sport Management Student Thompson our presenting sponsor Enterprise Conference.

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Full Court Press - May 2019 Page 2 CENTENARY AND PHILADELPHIA EAGLES

Matt Miller ‘20 Volunteer Experience at Centenary (Lacrosse)

This year I did my volunteering with Megan O’Brien the Sports Information Director at Centenary University. I volunteer on March 30th there was a Lacrosse doubleheader on campus both men’s and women’s had a game on that day. I had to be alert at Chloe Christopher ‘20 David Vanartsdalen ‘19 all times during the game helping with Volunteer Experience at Internship at the Philadelphia the shot clock and telling the student Centenary (Soccer) Eagles putting live stats into the computer for Christopher on the right says, “My This semester I had the opportunity people following on the computer at volunteer experience included being to intern with the Philadelphia home. I also was in charge of making involved with Centenary University Eagles. I worked in the Ticket & Fan sure players in the penalty box knew athletics. For 5 men’s lacrosse games Services department with my main when to be released to this consisted I assisted Meg O’Brien, the Sports responsibilities being assisting with me looking at the penalty clock and Information Director, with a set of incoming calls and emails to the yelling release so the players know different tasks. I would help with the Ticket Office and Guest Services lines they can go back out onto the field. set up and with the breakdown of each and assist visitors at ticket windows, Being an athlete here myself I did game, as well as, assist throughout the managing and maintaining customer not know how much behind the scenes duration of the games. season ticket member accounts, work goes into our games. Doing this using Archtics ticketing systems for Throughout the games I would I learned how to be prepared and work reports and account updates, working assist Meg in whatever she needed help fast under an intense atmosphere. all events at Lincoln Financial Field in, such as making sure the lacrosse Problem Solving has a huge part in this as well as Game Day Staff related balls were in place all around the field, job because sometimes the wrong time events, organizing and preparing the checking if the shot clock was running goes onto the clock or you add a goal department for Eagles events and non- properly, and helping with penalty for the wrong team and people have Eagles events, and helping organize countdowns. Overall, I spent 10 hours short fuses with that kind of situations and input incoming payments. (2 hours per game) getting to learn all so being able to fi mistakes quick about lacrosse as a sport and how it is is crucial because they are going to on the technical side. happen. I would like to thank Megan O’Brien to give me the opportunity and showing me what it like working in college athletics.

Full Court Press - May 2019 Page 3 BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS IN NEW JERSEY

a sports management conference at Robert Morris University (RMU). The initial intrigue I felt towards the AAF led to an internship at a startup company in Orlando, Florida. I was not remiss to the fact that this was an opportunity few individuals had the privilege of taking part in during their college years. After many interviews via phone, I was hired as a sales intern with the Orlando Apollos.

The internship started January 7th, 2019 and concluded April 7th 2019. The Apollos office was located in downtown Orlando, 25 minutes for Joe’s induction into the Centenary Tyler Lisa ‘19 away from where I was staying. On University Sports Management Comedy for A Cause game days I found my office location Hall of Fame. This was a great day switched to The University of Central On Sunday April 14th, Centenary for Centenary Universities Sports Florida’s Spectrum Stadium. My Universities Sports Management Management class and showcased how day to day responsibilities included class ran a comedy event that was a hard these students worked throughout making phone calls to season ticket fundraiser for the Boys & Girls Clubs the semester to make this event as holders, using salesforce and Archtics, In New Jersey. The comedy event was successful as it was. attending meetings and events, as well led by students Tyler Lisa and Frankie as creating seat tags and the game day Iannone, as they were in charge of schedule in excel. While in the office, making sure the event ran smoothly. I always tried to listen and learn from The event had performances from the other sales representatives. As a Joe Piscopo along with his son and sales intern, I worked closely with our daughter. Joe sang and did impressions marketing team to promote the Apollos along with singing and playing guitar brand to UCF students. with his son and daughter. Along I also attended events five to six with a comedy performance from Jeff times per week to get leads. Game days Norris. The event was a great success Cassidy Haller ‘20 were the busiest. Before the game I as the Sports Management class raised was in charge of creating and tagging over $2,500 and presented the check AAF Internship 300 seats with our season ticket sales on stage to Susan Haspel, the State My internship was with the promotion. During the game I assisted Director of the Boys & Girls Clubs Alliance of American Football (AAF) at sales tables and in the box office. It’s in New Jersey. The students also in Orlando, Florida. I received this an extremely rewarding feeling to see presented Joe Piscopo a plaque with his amazing opportunity by attending your hard work pay off when fans are name and photo on it. This plaque was CONTINUED... Full Court Press - May 2019 Page 4 FOOTBALL AND LITTLE LEAGUE BASEBALL

enjoying the game and leaving with a pictures, setting up lights, and tables. that ProCamps gives out to get some great experience. The Orlando Apollos Compared to previous ProCamps feedback on how they can improve finished with a 7-1 record and were on events, this one was significant as it themselves. As the guest give me their the way to playoffs and championships was for four lucky fans along with surveys, I handed each of the four in Dallas, TX. three guest of their choice who entered winners from the sweepstakes a signed a contest through a ShopRite survey. Jamal Adams football. Once the room Unfortunately, all operations were Compared to other events where there was empty, the room had to go back suspended April 3rd 2019 due to would be about 40-50 people, there to the way it looked when we first multiple coinciding factors. Although was not much to set up. got there. My team and I broke down the league ultimately did not succeed, everything, brought everything down the experience I gained was incredible. This is my seventh event with to the cars and the event was over. I was able to network and build ProCamps, so I know how most of Overall, it went pretty smooth and was connections in the sports industry and the day runs beforehand. Since I have one of the best events I’ve done for make lifelong friends. I got to see a done registration in many events for ProCamps. company from the ground up and be ProCamps in the past, I was put there a part of something that not many again. Registration included me having Julian Noriega ‘19 students my age get to do. I am forever a list of the sweepstakes winners along Little League Volunteering thankful for the opportunity. with their guest. When the people My volunteering experience arrived, I had to ask for their last names involved helping coach a little league along with a waiver each guest was baseball team ages 12-14 for two days. supposed to fill out beforehand. If the As a volunteer coach, I prepped the waiver was not filled out, they would field putting the bases in, setting up the fill it out on the spot at the registration L screen for live BP and with my past table. experience playing infield was able to As soon as Jamal Adams got there, help the kids with the fundamentals each guest got to take a one on one and other every day times. photograph with him and had a chance This was my first time coaching to have a special Q and A. This was and the experience really opened my the part of the event where I can sit eyes as to something I would truly back and enjoy myself. Towards the enjoy doing from here on out. Being end, I had to grab all merchandise that Isaiah Santiago ‘20 able to give tips on fielding, foot was signed by Jamal Adams and bring NFL Watch Party work, throwing, hitting to later see the it to the registration table. Once the with Jamal Adams difference in performance is a very Q and A was complete, Jamal stayed rewarding feeling. Volunteering is For the watch party with Jamal awhile longer as he insisted on signing something I’ve always wanted to do Adams, it was focused on the everything the fans wanted to get but never too advantage of, having operations of live events. I had to signed. done this now has opened my eyes and arrive 2 hours before the event began After this, I made my way back to am hopping to continue to do so in to help set up for the party. Setting up the registration table to collect surveys the future, perhaps even coach a team involved putting up a backdrop for that were completed after the Q and A someday of my own.

Full Court Press - MAY 2019 Page 5 NY METS AND WWE WRESTLEMANIA

Imani Lugo 20’ When my group presented our Woods, and , were at the stage. New York Mets ideas to Brian Glynn who is apart of Kofi got to compete for the WWE Sponsorship Project Corporate Sponsorships at the New Championship at Wrestlemania and York Mets he was very pleased with ended up winning. Being able to work on a sponsorship all that we thought of and put into with the New York Mets is something I Then after them for the next two would never imagine being able to do. hours, took the stage It was definitely a learning experience which was cool to see since she was to get a feel for what goes into being in the first ever women’s main event apart of Corporate Sponsorships for of Wrestlemania. When fans went to a company. At first I thought this the stage to meet the wrestlers, they sponsorship project would be a little would give us their belongings that challenging since my group was they did not want in the picture. So our assigned Real Estate as our “company” responsibility was to grab their stuff, pass it along, and make sure they got to be partnered with the Mets and there the presentation. Being that it was their stuff back intact when they were was not much that my group and I one of my first real business type of done. Overall, it was a fun volunteer knew about Real Estate and how the presentation I was a little nervous experience that we are all glad we had NY Mets could benefit from being having to present for someone apart the chance to do. The whole event was partnered with a Real Estate company. of the Mets but at the end it was okay. run very well and we could definitely But after looking more into different It was definitely a good experience to see why fans enjoy attending. Real Estate companies in the area and have and a great resume builder. I hope thinking creatively having that as our on the future I could take part in more topic went pretty well. presentations like this and gain more

With doing this project we experience in different parts of the considered some of the local Real industry like this. Estate agencies within the area, key metrics regarding the NY Mets fans, WWE Wrestlemania and came up with different promotional Axxess Experience ideas that would benefit both the Mets On April 4, 2019, we traveled to and Real Estate company. Some of Brooklyn, NY to volunteer for WWE the promotional ideas we thought of Wrestlemania Axxess. When we got By included a Real Estate Night where there, we checked in and got our Jonathan Fleck ‘20 those that worked in the company volunteer uniform and got a tour of the could come out to a game and set up facility and what we would be doing Jon Pezzato ‘20 a table to attract the attention of fans, that night. Our zone manager took and Justin Wulff ‘20 “Open House” Day where fans and us to the VIP stage where fans could possible clients could get a tour of Citi get autographs and pictures with the Field and browse at different housing biggest names of the night. For the options which would be displayed in first two hours the New Day, which is suites, and much more. the group with Kofi Kingston, Xavier Full Court Press - May 2019 Page 6 ANIMAL RESCUE

Centenary University and Newton beneficial in my future. Additionally, of social media. I would walk around High School Joint Project I cannot express how much this to the different tables and booths to leadership role has helped me talk to the organizations, people, and My name is Payton Ernst and I am understand what it takes to lead a group businesses that came to find out more a senior at Newton High School. This of talented people.I can speak on behalf information about them and then make year my Sports and Entertainment of my classmates that this experience a post on the social media pages about Management class has taken on the was very beneficial, educating, and fun them being at the event and a reminder task of helping plan and run the Paws for all of us. The experience we gained to stop by their tables. I would also For a Cause event held at Donaldson - Peyton Ernest NHS ‘19 provide thank you posts to the people Farm benefiting the charity O.S.C.A.R. who had sponsored the event and the We have teamed up with professor Kaitlyn Anesh ‘20 ones that were there at the event to help Perricone’s sport management class make it come to life. at Centenary University to execute Paws For A Cause a successful event. This opportunity As the end of the semester Being a part of this event I had has been extremely beneficial because approached I decided to do one of my picked up some ideas for how I can it has given my classmates and I a volunteering opportunities with the run an event in the future. I had glimpse into the different levels, steps, senior Sports Management’s event picked up some ways of how I should and stages of planning a successful class and help out with Paws for a communicate with the people assisting event. Cause where all proceeds were going me in the event as well as the people who we are being asked to help We have learned that it takes a lot to One Step Closer Animal Rescue participate and be a part of the event. It of hard work and efficient teamwork (OSCAR). I thought this would be a is also always good to have a list and to ensure that everything runs very great event to be apart of because of make deadlines in advance so if needed smoothly. There was a lot of time, my love of animals as well as this was things can change if something comes effort and planning that needed to be all for a good cause. Over the course up and it would not affect the event completed leading up to the event. of a few weeks I started off doing in a bad way as well as making sure With the help of the college students social media posts on our Centenary everyone knows what needs to be done and guidance from our teachers, we University Sports Management and what they need to do. Overall I had were able to accomplish these big instagram, twitter, and facebook to help a good experience being a part of this responsibilities and tasks.Planning get the word out about this event. event and helping my fellow Sports this event was a big step for us high This would consist of me posting Management students and friends out. schoolers as we learned, first hand, about all of the vendors that would be the commitment needed to execute a coming to the physical event as well successful event. as the ones supporting this event and I am going to college in the fall to then posting about the people and study business and sport management, businesses who sponsored the event and after being given the opportunity and including any information about to be the student leader of my class events that the may be holding, contact on this very important event, I have information and more. At the day of learned so much that will be very the event I was still tasked with the job

Full Court Press - May 2019 Page 7 POCONO COLLEGE TOUR

Matt Miller ‘20 The second part was conducting had to delegate responsibilities to the Pocono College Tour surveys. Our approach was getting class and made sure everyone knew these surveys out to as many people as their job to make sure the day ran as The Pocono College tour has the possible whether it be family members, smooth as possible. I big skill I learned raceway be able to work directly teammates, classmates, etc. Also on the after doing this event was problem- with the sports management students day of our event, we had computers set solving a day before the event we have and club organizations at each of the up at all times for anybody passing to received news that Zane Smith was universities participating. This year’s fill out the survey for us. no longer going to make it but instead competitions had Scranton University, the president of the race track Ben Kutztown University, East Stroudsburg The finals and toughest part of this May, I remember Professor Perricone University, and Centenary University. event was conducting the Pocono event telling us “relax and figure out how to This competition had three different on campus. This was an unforgettable fix it?” this helped us calm down and parts they focused on marketing, learning experience for me and the realize we only had to tweak a couple research and analysis, and the final part rest of the class. We had to sit down of things and everything was still okay event planning. together and make an itinerary for the to do. This past week we received driver Zane Smith we had everything The first part had us reach out to news that we received second place from interviews from local radio any business this could be local or not this year right behind East Stroudsburg stations planned, to ice cream and and ask if they were willing to put up University. I am beyond proud of racing video games like Mario Kart. a Pocono raceway poster and for doing our class and our accompaniment. I that they would receive free tickets to a One of the hardest parts was wanted to thank Professor Perricone race. To make sure we got the number making sure we were running on time and everyone from Pocono Raceway to of business each student was in charge with everything and knowing what to give us the opportunity to participate in of getting at least one business. do if we ran out of time how to make this competition. up for it. Being the project leader I

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