Partners in Sports 2018-2019 Year in Review Membership Spring Reception 166 Student Members & 14 Faculty & Staff Members The Spring Reception was April 17, with John Fulker- Partners in Sports Golf Tournament son as the featured speaker. Sixteen students re- ceived a total of $22,500 in scholarships and awards. The 16th Annual Partners in Sports Scholarship Golf To date, Partners has awarded nearly $200,000 to Tournament was held June 17, at Gettysvue Golf & more than 150 students. Country Club. Volunteer Activity Highlights Tournament Director Sarah Schwartz and a Champi- onship Committee comprised of other students man- Phillip Fulmer Golf Classic, Big Brothers Big Sisters aged the outing for nearly 90 golfers. The Knoxville Cash for Kids’ Sake, Mercedes Benz Golf Tourna- Sports Commission was the tournament title sponsor ment, Knoxville Open, USA Cycling National Champi- onship, Food City 500, Music City Bowl, SEC Football again this year. Media Days, SEC Football Championship Game, SEC Succeeding in Sports Panel Women’s Basketball Tournament, SEC Baseball Tour- Attended by more than 60 students and guests. nament. Speakers: Sammie Charters, Tennessee Athletics, Sports Medicine, Kellen Hiser, Tennessee Athletics, Media, Social Media Strategy, Denise Jilka, Tennes- see Athletics, Academic Counseling, Erin Simcox, Knoxville Sports Commission IMG/Vol Network Playbook Distribution Distributed more than 200,000 Playbooks at Tennes- see home football games with more than 100 volun- teers working more than 400 combined hours. Fall Conference The 16th Annual Fall Conference was held in October at the Wolf-Kaplan Room at Neyland Stadium. It was attended by more than 150 students and guests. Speakers: Natalee Anderson, Director of Private Events, Mercedes-Benz Stadium; C.J. Fayton, Director of VFL Programming, Tennessee Athletics; Victoria Kline, Manager, Social Media & Digital Marketing, Atlanta Braves; Marty Mulford, Senior Director of Service & Retention, Nashville Predators; Dara Wor- rell, Associate Athletics Director, Tennessee Ath- letics. Women’s Roundtable Casey Wheeless, morning anchor for WVLT-TV, was the guest speaker for the 10th Women’s Roundtable. Eighteen women gathered to discuss issues and chal- lenges facing women in today’s work environment. .