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THE JOHN E. SIMON SCHOOL OF BUSINESS Nonprofi t Rawlings Sport Business Management U.S. Postage JOHN E. 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Williams [email protected] Rawlings Sport Business Management Program at Maryville University maryville.edu/sportbusiness 1 | | 2 SOCCER, CRICKET, annual 12-day learning and working confidence,” says student C.J. Donegan. experience. Students visited respected “I gained a lot of valuable lessons from ABOVE PAR FOR THE COURSE RUGBY: A SUMMER sports business organizations such as this trip. We visited eight organizations the Lancashire County Cricket Club, the and each one had a very unique C.J. Donegan earns competitive internship with 2018 PGA Championship SPORTS BUSINESS Sale Sharks professional rugby club, perspective on sports business.” Premier League champions Manchester The journey also gave students the City Football Club and rival Manchester EXPERIENCE opportunity to experience sports United, Fulham F.C., NFL Europe, London by Jong Cambron not readily available in the U.S., such Sport fitness and activity center and A dozen Rawlings students traveled to the as cricket and rugby, and the U.K.’s Wembley Stadium, home to world class As an avid fan of golf and a member highly. However, thanks in part to a Her parents, who are also avid golf U.K. this summer to explore different allegiance to soccer may outrival soccer, football and concert events. of the Saints women’s golf team, trio of sports industry experiences she fans, were ecstatic. perspectives in the sports industry America’s support of pro football. During their visits, students worked junior Colleen (“C.J.”) Donegan feels gained in just one year through the “Just getting to see how another “My mom screamed when I told on real-world projects and shadowed country operates helps because we like she’s won the lottery. During the Rawlings Sport Business Management executive team leaders on match days, her,” says Donegan. “My dad cried, By Larry O’Neal can analyze their organizations and 2018 PGA Championship, one of the program, her resume is strong. getting first-hand training in working at because he was proud of me. Most adapt some of their methods to the Students from Maryville University’s competition events. game’s most prestigious events — and U.S. style of business,” says student Her volunteer positions took place sophomores aren’t getting internships Rawlings Sport Business Management When challenged with quickly developing Adam Richterkessing. in its centennial year — she’ll be in the program traveled to the United Kingdom during the 2017 spring semester. like this.” operational and promotional ideas for middle of the action. this summer, and through the love of In addition to sports facilities, students Donegan first worked with Rawlings Fulham F.C., the students presented two Donegan’s first task is to recruit sport business they shared a common rounded out their cultural agendas with creative proposals to members of the Donegan was selected from a com- for the St. Louis Cardinals Warm- bond with their hosts. visits to Buckingham Palace, London operational sponsors. She’ll also executive committee. petitive pool of student applicants Up. She also volunteered during Bridge and the London Eye. Williams coordinate event volunteers. After graduation, Jason Williams, “That comes down to what a great plans to offer this travel experience for as the only marketing and admin- the NCAA Division I wrestling EdD, director of the program, and program we’re in because while it is students each year to introduce them istrative intern for the tournament, The Rawlings Sport Business Lindsey Naber, director of marketing championship Fan Festival held challenging to present to the oldest to international opportunities in the Management Program at Maryville for Rawlings, Daniel Schmidt and John which will take place in St. Louis at in St. Louis, and traveled to football club in London, all of us were sports industry. Lewington, accompanied a dozen University is the official volunteer ready to take it on immediately and with Bellerive Country Club, located just Des Moines, Iowa, to work a students to the U.K. for the second two miles from Maryville. women’s basketball championship. provider of 100th PGA Championship at Bellerive Country Club in St. Louis, “It’s a once-in-a-lifetime event,” says “The thing about our program is that Missouri! Our students worked Donegan. “This is the reason I got you come out of it with such a great Corporate Hospitality for the duration into sports. There’s only one, 100th resume, it’s hard not to get hired,” of the week long event. Thank you championship, and I realize the Donegan says. Kierra Durrett, Barry Deach, Chase importance of that. It’s unbelievable Bellerive offered her the paid Larson, David Kinsey, and the rest of that I get to work at it.” internship after phone and in- the PGA executives for entrusting our Donegan applied for the position person interviews. students, and allowing them to gain in early August, but not without some great experiential learning. “I’m so excited I can’t put it into some hesitation. As a second-year words,” she says. “I hung up the phone student, she expected senior-level and was smiling the rest of the day.” students to be considered more 2 | | 3 While many students flocked to beaches and warm weather destinations to let loose for Spring Break 2018, nearly a dozen students in Maryville University’s Rawlings Sports Business Management program chose to visit Kansas City, Mo., to engage in career networking experiences. EXPLORING SPORTS BUSINESS CULTURE IN KANSAS CITY By Larry O’Neal During the professional development on sales, operations, data analytics, gained exclusive insight on procedures trip, students learned about different production and corporate sponsorship. and operations. A tour of the Heartland sports cultures not readily represented These interactive sessions allowed Coca-Cola Bottling Co. allowed students Fernando Molina ‘18 and Ellen Foster, ‘18 in St. Louis. They visited a Coca-Cola students to ask questions, glimpse to explore the innerworkings of a busy plant, the Kansas City Royals, the Kansas real-world daily operations of pro sports soft drink plant, with a focus on fulfilling City Chiefs, the Sporting Kansas City facilities and broaden their sports the demands of sports arenas and professional soccer club, the Sprint business horizons. stadiums throughout the Midwest. Center and the Kansas City Speedway, The action-packed, four-day itinerary While past spring break learning home to two annual NASCAR race also included a meeting with the excursions for Rawlings Sport Business WITHIN 6 MONTHS OF GRADUATION, weekends. Along with extensive behind- National Association of Intercollegiate Management students featured trips to the-scenes tours of the facilities and Athletics (NAIA), the governing body that Indianapolis, this was the first such trip production sites, students benefited from 93% OF OUR GRADUATES HAVE CAREERS organizes college and university athletic to Kansas City. presentations by business executives IN THE SPORT BUSINESS INDUSTRY! programs across the country. Students By Maureen Zegel Caption to go here The first internship Fernando Molina, ’18, Bellerive Country Club in St. Louis. produces a technological device that combines a high-speed camera and obtained through Maryville University Jason Williams, EdD, assistant dean state-of-the-art radar data to measure was working with the 2016 Senior PGA for the Simon School of Business and and analyze baseball and softball Championship in Benton Harbor, Michigan. director of the Rawlings Sport Business pitching and batting metrics. Rapsodo Management program,