Resume

• 2014

  Masters of Sports Administration

  Northwestern University

• 2007

  Bachelor of Arts (B.A.)

  Student-Athlete Honors 2007-2011\n\nTwice Team Captain\nTwo-time Regular Season Conference Champions\nFour Conference Tournament Appearances\nTwo-time Conference Tournament Champions\nTwo NCAA Tournament Appearances\nTwice Academic All-Conference\nTwo-time 1st Team All-Conference\n3rd Team All-Region\nNational Association of Basketball Coaches Honors Court\nPreseason All-American Fifth Team\n1st Team Midwest All-Region by D3hoops.com\nNABC Div. III All-District First Team\nNomination for Academic All-American\nNomination for NCAA Post-Graduate Scholarship\nFinalist for 2011 Jostens Award – 1 of 10 nationally\n\t“The Jostens Trophy is chosen by a national selection committee. The members of the national selection committee cast their votes based on three criteria: basketball ability

  academic ability and community service.”\n\nAthletes Giving Back\n\nParticipated in community service events with fellow student-athletes to promote positive service and Augustana Athletics within the community.

  Mathematics and Business Administration with a concentration on Finance

  Varsity Basketball Team

  Athletes Giving Back

  Augustana College

• Habitat for Humanity Lake County

  Illinois

  Scouting

  Mathematics

  Personal Training

  Recruiting

  Sports Coaching

  Event Planning

  Finance

  Professional Sports

  People Skills

  Coaching

  Leadership

  Player Development

  Sports

  College Basketball

  Teaching

  Public Speaking

  Team Leadership

  Basketball

  Athletics

  Basketball Coaching

  Nelson

  Nelson

  Lake Forest College

  CSU Atlassib Sibiu

  University of Minnesota-Twin Cities

  Basketball Club Rustavi

  Rock Island Argus/Dispatch

  Township High School District 113

  BK Jelgava

  Minneapolis

  MN

  ♦\tAssisted caseload of 141 student-athletes with registration

  degree progression

  university

  Big Ten

  and NCAA requirements\n♦\tAdvised student-athletes in Men’s Hockey

  Women’s Basketball

  Men’s & Women’s Tennis

  Men’s & Women’s Swimming\n♦\tMet weekly with freshman student-athletes regarding class progression

  grade checks

  and general advising\n♦\tManaged academic plans for freshman and at-risk student-athletes\n♦\tManaged tutoring assignments and scheduling for assigned programs through GradesFirst system\n♦\tServed as mentor tutor for at-risk student-athletes ensuring assignment completion and development of study skills

  Assistant Academic Advisor

  University of Minnesota

  Rock Island

  IL

  Wrote daily articles reporting on Augustana Men’s Basketball team trip to Hong Kong

  China

  and Japan that were published daily in the newspaper. Articles were also published daily on the Augustana Athletics website (link below under 'websites')

  in the Quad City Times newspaper

  and on the front page of the Division III basketball website (d3hoops.com).

  Guest Contributor

  Rock Island Argus/Dispatch

  Deerfield

  IL

  Substitute teaching for schools within District 113. Sub in Mathematics

  Business

  and Physical Education Departments.

  Substitute Teacher

  Township High School District 113

  Sibiu

  Romania

  Forward for CSU Sibiu in Romanian Liga Nationala

  Professional Basketball Player

  CSU Atlassib Sibiu

  Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

  ♦\tDirect supervision of Men’s & Women’s Swimming

  Men’s & Women’s Tennis

  Men’s Gymnastics\n♦\tFacilitated communication between student-athletes

  faculty

  and departmental support staff regarding academic needs\n♦\tConducted small and large group recruiting meetings with prospective student-athletes and families\n♦\tGenerated weekly reports detailing pertinent information for studnet-athletes

  coaches

  staff

  and administrators\n♦\tTracked application and acceptance progress for all domestic and international student-athletes for assigned sports\n♦\tProduced weekly reports to coaches and administrators detailing relevant information regarding student-athlete academics\n♦\tDepartment liaison to International Student and Scholar Services (ISSS) office\n♦\tDepartment liaison to College of Food

  Agriculture

  and Natural Resource Sciences (CFANS)\n♦\tDeveloped programming for Tutor Coordinating and Academic Advising Intern\n♦\tPrevious sports included Women’s Gymnastics and Volleyball

  Academic Advisor for Student-Athletes

  University of Minnesota-Twin Cities

  Jelgava

  Latvia

  Player for BK Jelgava a professional basketball team that played in Latvian Basketball League and Baltic Basketball League. Voted to All-Star game.

  Professional Basketball Player

  BK Jelgava

  Lake Forest

  IL

  •\tPositive representative of the college’s mission toward academics

  personal development

  and athletics\n•\tRetained student-athletes by creating positive community of participation\n•\tBuilt productive and professional relations with student-athletes

  families

  and Lake Forest community\n•\tRepresented program and college in professional manner at public events\n•\tIdentified

  evaluated and recruited prospective student-athletes\n•\tServed as primary defensive and offensive coordinator \n•\tSignificant on-court coaching and player development responsibilities\n•\tHelped develop daily practice plans incorporating individual and team development\n•\tGenerated and presented written and video scouting reports on all opponents\n•\tMaintained detailed and organized database of current and prospective student-athletes\n•\tCoordinated program’s social media platform\n•\tCreated and interpreted detailed statistical reports and analytics\n•\tSupported the budgeting of successful basketball program\n•\tOversaw equipment purchasing

  distribution

  and maintenance\n•\tSupervised in-game videographers of basketball contests\n•\tOrganized study hall hours for freshman and at-risk student-athletes\n•\tMonitored student progress in classroom and overall degree progression\n•\tAided in organization of fundraising opportunities

  community service events

  and game-day operations\n•\tWrote media releases

  internal documents

  and external releases to prospective student-athletes

  Assistant Women's Basktball Coach

  Lake Forest College

  Rustavi

  Georgia

  Forward for Energy Invest Rustavi that plays in Superleague in the Republic of Georgia. Voted as All Star Starter. Finished 5th in scoring and 6th in rebounding for Regular Season. [17 ppg

  9 reb

  3 ast

  1 stl]. 3- time Superleague Player of the Week. Eurobasket Player of the Week

  March 28. Eurobasket 2nd Team All Georgian League. Eurobasket 1st Team All Import.

  Professional Basketball Player

  Basketball Club Rustavi

  Successful completion of an online class provided through Coursera.org for a class about Game Theory.

  Coursera: Stanford University

  University of British Columbia