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Building the Future

Highlighted Stories:

Congratulations to the Class of 2023 

New major in Esports Communications and Management 

Dual degree with Whitman 

Sport, Entertainment and Innovation Conference planned 

Sport Analytics program highlights 

Alumni news 

Director's Greeting

It has been said “success breeds success.” Each May, we celebrate the scholarly accomplishments of our graduates, but the amazing success of our Class of 2023 elevated the level of achievement to new standards. We conferred the largest number of degrees in our department’s history with 141 students graduating from Sport Management, Sport Analytics, and our graduate program in Sport Venue and Event Management. 

Overall, 65 percent of our undergraduate students graduated with honors, achieving a 3.4 or above GPA – which was another program milestone! Sport Management had 58 percent of its class graduate with honors, while Sport Analytics had an astounding 78 percent of its students earn academic honors. Additionally, a record number of 49 seniors earned the distinction of the Director’s Academic Achievement Award by attaining a minimum 3.4 GPA for every semester at Syracuse University, which is an outstanding accomplishment. I am extremely proud of the Class of 2023! 

As I begin my final year as the founding director and chair of this fabulous program, by announcing my retirement, I wish to reflect on the previous 18 years, but reassure everyone that just like the Class of 2023, Sport Management will set new standards! Syracuse University will continue to offer a preeminent program and be a “success engine” for the future through innovative education, research and service. 

Our mission is unwavering. To provide resources and deliver real-world experiences that

Building the Future

Highlighted Stories:

Congratulations to the Class of 2023 

New major in Esports Communications and Management 

Dual degree with Whitman 

Sport, Entertainment and Innovation Conference planned 

Sport Analytics program highlights 

Alumni news 


Director's Greeting

It has been said “success breeds success.” Each May, we celebrate the scholarly accomplishments of our graduates, but the amazing success of our Class of 2023 elevated the level of achievement to new standards. We conferred the largest number of degrees in our department’s history with 141 students graduating from Sport Management, Sport Analytics, and our graduate program in Sport Venue and Event Management. 

Overall, 65 percent of our undergraduate students graduated with honors, achieving a 3.4 or above GPA – which was another program milestone! Sport Management had 58 percent of its class graduate with honors, while Sport Analytics had an astounding 78 percent of its students earn academic honors. Additionally, a record number of 49 seniors earned the distinction of the Director’s Academic Achievement Award by attaining a minimum 3.4 GPA for every semester at Syracuse University, which is an outstanding accomplishment. I am extremely proud of the Class of 2023! 

As I begin my final year as the founding director and chair of this fabulous program, by announcing my retirement, I wish to reflect on the previous 18 years, but reassure everyone that just like the Class of 2023, Sport Management will set new standards! Syracuse University will continue to offer a preeminent program and be a “success engine” for the future through innovative education, research and service. 

Our mission is unwavering. To provide resources and deliver real-world experiences that empower students, educators and alumni success. To engage in cutting-edge and collaborative research that advances knowledge and catapults the sport industry forward. To maintain a diversified curriculum that is responsive to the ever-changing needs of this global industry, and our constituents and stakeholders. To be the interdisciplinary model of exceptional service and civic engagement to Falk College, our University and communities. To promote diversity, equity, inclusion and accessibility by using sports as a platform for social responsibility. 

We have positioned ourselves as a global leader in this academic field, which is a credit to the graduates, faculty and staff, along with administrators such as Falk College Dean Diane Lyden Murphy, and benefactors such as David and Rhonda Falk and our nationally renowned advisory council of sports executives. 

This department has prided itself on creating pathways for women in sports and creating cutting-edge programs. Syracuse University designed the first undergraduate sport analytics degree program of its kind in the nation, and the results have been phenomenal. We have also just created a one-of-a-kind dual degree program in Esports Communications and Management, a joint program between Falk College and the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications. In August 2024, we will enroll our first cohort of students in our fourth undergraduate degree program, an interdisciplinary degree in Sport Business and Management developed in conjunction with the Whitman School of Management. We have, and will continue, to move the needle in academic excellence. No other Research I and Power Five Conference university offers such a unique blend of degree programs, a feat we are exceptionally proud of. I hope you are as well.

I have tried to live some of the teachings of legendary Hall of Fame basketball coach John Wooden, who said, “True success comes only to an individual by the self-satisfaction of knowing that you gave everything to become the very best that you are capable of.” I know success can be fleeting. Sustained success is not a destination, it is a journey, and that journey of success will continue. 

I wish to thank each one of our graduates for enriching my life and giving me the passion to help this program be the best. To the parents who entrusted your sons and daughters to us, thanks for believing in our family culture. To our donors, benefactors and supporters, you have helped us make an indelible impact and difference in hundreds of students’ lives. To advisory council members past and present, thank you from the bottom of my heart for your unwavering support, friendship, dedication and loyalty. To my colleagues, best wishes and sincere gratitude. You’re THE BEST! We’re ORANGE TOGETHER! 

Sincerely, 

Michael Veley 

Director and Chair 

Rhonda S. Falk Endowed Professor of 

Sport Management 

Table of Contents

Students

Congratulations to the Class of 2023 

SVEM Graduate Program 

Welcome Class of 2027 

Director’s Honor Roll 

Senior Capstone Locations 

Senior Capstone Profiles 

Charity Sports Auction 

Sport Management Club 

ACC Honor Roll 

Sales Club/Sport Media and Marketing Club 

Women in Sports and Events Club 

Sport Professionals of Color Club 

Analytics

High School Summer Academy 

Program Highlights 

Alison Gilmore Feature 

Kittman Labs Partnership 

Student Organizations 

News and Events

Partnership with Fantastec 

New Esports Degree 

SEI-Con Announcement 

Podcast Room 

Dual Degree With Whitman 

New ESE Minor 

DEIA Symposium 

SPM 324 Yankees Project 

Los Angeles Immersion 

Winter Olympic Odyssey 

European Olympic Odyssey 

Program Donation 

Faculty and Staff

Faculty and Staff Profiles 

Advisory Councils

Sport Management Advisory Council 

Emerging Leaders Council 

Alumni

Employment Listings 

Read the most recent news from the Department of Sport Management at Syracuse University. 

Photos with caption in this section included: Student Matt Kahan (center) won the SPM Sales Combine in Spring 2022, put on in conjunction with the New York Mets and the Syracuse Mets. He is shown with New York Mets executives Tyler DeFranco (left) and Abby Higgins. The winner was misidentified in the 2022 SPM Newsletter. 

From our Dean… 

Greetings students, alumni, and friends. As I conclude my tenure as Falk College Dean in 2023, I reflect on the remarkable journey of the Department of Sport Management. Falk College has been a national leader of sport industry education for 20 years. Today, programs in sport management and sport analytics continue to excel at the highest level. Our students annually earn prestigious honors in national conferences and competitions. Our alumni hold leadership roles in agencies, organizations and teams across the industry. As Syracuse University launches its esports communications and management major in Fall 2024, I know it will find similar success. 

As a social worker and feminist scholar, I never anticipated I would help build academic programs in sport management and sport analytics. I am truly grateful to have Chair and Director Michael Veley, and each member of our outstanding sport management faculty, who were essential in building this department. Most of all, it has been my great privilege to see our students bring positive change to the world through sports and beyond. I have every confidence in the continued growth and excellence of Falk College’s programs in sport management, sport analytics, esports and sport venue and event management and all who are part of them. 

Thank you for the honor of serving as your Dean. I am immensely proud of what we have accomplished together. 

Go Orange! 

— Diane Lyden Murphy, M.A. M.S.W., Ph.D., Dean, Falk College 

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Congratulations to the Class of 2023 

On May 12, 2023, Syracuse University’s David B. Falk College of Sport and Human Dynamics celebrated its Class of 2023 Convocation ceremony at Manley Field House. The Department of Sport Management congratulates 87 Sport Management undergraduates, 49 Sport Analytics undergraduates, and five Sport Venue and Event Management master’s graduates who received their degrees as part of the Class of 2023. 

Sport Management major Alex Guo served as a Falk College Marshal and delivered a speech at Convocation. Department Marshals were Brianne Quinlan (Sport Management), John Asel (Sport Analytics) and Luke Frontale (Sport Venue and Event Management). 

Eighty-nine Sport Management/Sport Analytics students in the Class of 2023 graduated with honors with a GPA of 3.4 or higher, representing 63 percent of the graduates, a department record. Thirty-nine students graduated Magna Cum Laude (GPA of 3.6 or higher) and 29 students graduated Summa Cum Laude (GPA of 3.8 or higher). One student had a triple major, 12 students had dual majors and three students had triple minors. Seven students earned Certificates of Advanced Study (CAS) in Sport Analytics. 

The Department of Sport Management’s traditional celebration of its graduates on Commencement weekend continued this year with more than 200 parents, family members, friends, faculty and staff gathering in Falk College on May 12 to celebrate the accomplishments of the Sport Management and Sport Analytics undergraduates and Sport Venue and Event Management master’s students. 

Forty-nine students received the Director’s Academic Achievement Award for earning a GPA of 3.4 or higher for each of their consecutive semesters at Syracuse University. Sport Management: Alexander Chillemi, Maeva Collatos, Stephanie Deangelis, Juliana DiCenso, Kevin Donoghue, Rahul Dua, Alex Guo, Chuqi Fang, Alessandro Ferrari-Carrubba, Jake Fienberg, Melanie Kelly, Andrew Leconte, Juliano Macera, Chloe Moss, Benjamin Paglia, Alexandra Panaggio, Brianne Quinlan, Anthony Ruggiero, Eli Samuels, Maxwell Schobel, Ethan Shifman, Blake Taub and Anna Theodosopoulos. Sport Analytics: Ian Archer, Daniel Beim, Mitchell Bereznay, Alexander Borelli, Daniel Brockett, Elijah Buto, Robert Craig III, Kylie Dedrick, Philip Frank, Sam Gellman, Corey Goldman, Shane Halpin, Nolan Hammond, Gabriel Herz, Jackson Hett, Christopher Jones, Nicholas Lukowsky, Nathaniel Mahoney, Austin Murphy, Zachary Palfey, Matthew Penn, Seth Quinn, Robert Schoor, Brenden Slomka, Benjamin Wachtel and Zachary Wood

Six Sport Analytics seniors were named Falk College Scholars: Alexander Borelli, Kylie Dedrick, Shane Halpin, Eli Miller, Matthew Penn and Benjamin Wachtel. 

Here is a list of the senior awards: 

Sport Management Director’s Award – Blake Taub 

Academic Excellence Award – Benjamin Paglia 

Matt Brodsky Philanthropic Excellence Award – Megan Sheehan 

Sport Management VIP Award – Alex Guo 

Professional Engagement Award – Melanie Kelly 

Jason Morales Perseverance in Sport and Life Award – Justin Moskowitz 

Director’s Award for Academic Promise – Nyah Jones 

Kate Veley Civic Engagement and Social Responsibility Award – Maxwell Schobel 

Patrick Ryan Sport Technology Award – Noah Wagner 

Outstanding Graduate Student Award – Molly Gross 

Sport Analytics: 

Sport Analytics VIP Award – Kylie Dedrick 

Sport Analytics Academic Excellence Award – Alexander Borelli 

Sport Analytics Academic Excellence Award – Benjamin Wachtel 

Sport Analytics Research Excellence Award – John Asel 

Sport Analytics Research Excellence Award – Austin Murphy 

Sport Analytics Director’s Award for Academic Promise – Eli Miller 

Sport Analytics Director’s Award for Academic Promise – Matthew Penn 

Also, the M.S. in Sport Venue and Event Management program concluded its 11th year.

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Sport Venue and Event Management Master’s program graduates its 11th class 

The Department of Sport Management’s master’s program in Sport Venue and Event Management (SVEM) welcomed its 11th class of graduate students to campus in July 2022. The 2022-23 cohort included six students, with a diverse mix of educational backgrounds and from a variety of geographic locations. Students in this cohort worked toward completing their practicum work in Spring 2023, Summer 2023 and some will continue in Fall 2023. 

In addition to their classwork, graduate students volunteered for a variety of events, including working the entire regional tournament of The Basketball Tournament (TBT) in Syracuse. They also took part in professional development seminars conducted by Sport Management internship placement coordinators on networking, cover letters, resumes, strategic interviewing, salary negotiation, career guidance and using LinkedIn. 

In the Spring 2023 semester, students worked with associate professor Dr. Gina Pauline in the advanced sport event management course, and in collaboration with adjunct instructor and JMA Wireless Dome Director Tom Forgione, to complete a rotational program getting first-hand experience in all areas of Dome operations. The students experienced a wide range of events such as Syracuse University basketball games, Monster Jam, and the Red Hot Chili Peppers concert. 

Students in the first 11 cohorts have immersed themselves in the program’s academic and experiential opportunities, and leveraged relationships to launch their careers in the industry. Graduates have secured positions at Allegiant Stadium, Soldier Field, Dartmouth Athletics, Dover Speedway, Brown University, Spectra Venue Management, Legends, Spartan Race Inc., Country Music Hall of Fame, Syracuse University’s JMA Wireless Dome, Syracuse University’s Barnes Center, Met Life Stadium, Boston Celtics, Boise State University, Towson University Athletics, Nike China, and Tulsa Sports Commission, among others. 

The 12th SVEM graduate class began in July 2023. The SVEM curriculum is designed to provide graduate students with a set of courses focused on the management and operations of facilities and events in the realm of sports and entertainment. The program comprises 36 credit hours of intensive classroom learning skill development and experiential opportunities in settings like SU’s JMA Wireless Dome. Additionally, the SVEM coursework contains theory-to-practice elements where students apply concepts learned in the classroom to actual industry settings in a hands-on manner. 

For more information about the graduate program, visit Falk College Sport Management Academic Programs page. 

Images with captions included in this section: Nicolee Foster, Luke Frontale, Ben Blake and Molly Gross (from left) took part in the Falk College Class of 2023 Convocation in May. Graduate students Ben Blake, Molly Gross, Geana Torres, Linfeng Li and Luke Frontale (from left) worked at The TBT in July 2022. 

Practicum locations for Sport Venue and Event Management master’s program 

Fall 2022 

Joshua Hagwell, Twenty3 Sport and Entertainment 

Samantha Swart, The Game Sport Complex 

Chris Szlamczynski, Syracuse University Athletics 

Taylor Tsatsis, Syracuse University Athletic Operations 

Spring 2023 

Luke Frontale, Syracuse University Athletic Operations 

Asa Goldstock, University of Southern California Athletics 

Summer 2023 

Benjamin Blake, Perfect Game 

Luke Frontale, Syracuse University Athletic Operations 

Molly Gross, Oak View Group 

Geana Torres, Salt City Sports 

Visit Sport Management’s online resources 

Be sure to check out Falk College Sport Management website for department information, program news, club meeting dates and activities, and other special events.  Also, be sure to follow Sport Management on Twitter @SUSportMgmt, and “like” us on Facebook at SU Falk College Department of Sport Management. 

Welcome Class of 2027 Undergraduates Sport Management and Sport Analytics

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Congratulations to the following students for achieving an overall cumulative GPA of 3.4 or higher, as of the end of the 2022-2023 academic year:

Sport Management

Jonah Aaron

Jared Aaronson

Violet Alao

Nicholas Albanese

Michael Altschul

Neely Amdur

Nolan Anson

Jared August

Dakota Bartelstein

Kambel Beacom

James Beck

Josephine Belcher

Sam Beldock

Parker Bigornia

Nina Bilotti

Nathan Blashka

Samuel Borg

Jordan Boron

Corey Bruno

Brooke Byas

Ryan Casano

Tobias Chalk

Grace Chambers

Braeden Cheverie-Leonard

Alexander Chillemi

Ethan Cohen

Matthew Cohen

Seth Cohen

Tyler Cohen

Ethan Corbett

Julia Cronin

Stephanie Deangelis

Pedro DePaulo-Mayer

Nicholas DeMaio

Geoffrey Desharnais

Juliana DiCenso

Kevin Donaghue

Ian Donella

Rahul Dua

Jordan Edelstein

Tracey Edson

Elizabeth Ellis

Noah Eustis

Chuqi Fang

Ilan Feldman

Carrubba Ferrari

Jake Fienberg

Daniel Fitzgerald

Jordan Fritz

Grace Froehlke

Ryan Gallegos

Huzhe Gao

Jacob Geisinger

Lee Gerstman

Brandon Gilbert

Griffin Goldberg

Carly Goldblatt

Kai Gottesfeld

Carl Green Jr.

Nathan Gross

Alexander Grossman

Alex Guo

Jackson Gutfreund

Joseph Harris

Logan Harris

Ethan Harrison

Devon Herlihy

Ethan Hetu

Jack Hitter

Katherine Holler

Xinyue Huang

Madeline Huzjak

Emma Isaacson

Ian Jacobson

Nyah Jones

Christian Kachadourian

Matthew Kahan

Benjamin Kaplan

Jacob Kasdan

Melanie Kelly

Sydney Kossoy

Quinn Kreller

Jordan Kupersmith

Jesse Lamon

William Lasky

Leo Lau

Andrew Leconte

Jordyn Lee

Aidan Levin

Carter Lewis

James Lewis

Ben Lichtenstein

Yucheng Liu

Yasseen Lotfi

Courtney MacDonald

Sean Madden

Steven Maffiore

Camila Malda

Alfaro Mangel

Frank Marciano

Matthew Markowitz

John McClatchy

Anna McDonald

Livia McQuade

Alexander Mendel

Judah Milgrom

Noah Minsky

Erin Moore

Chloe Moss

Dillon Moyer

Austin Murphy

Colby Murphy

Emerson Murphy

Marni Nirenberg

Margo Noble

Aksel Odmark

Christopher Onorato

Sydney Orszulak

Samuel Otley

Benjamin Paglia

Jacob Palczak

Alexandra Panaggio

Zachary Paskal

Cami Pasqualoni

Kyla Pearlman

Rollet Pena

Xiwen Piao

Brody Pontarelli

Faith Porter

Luke Profaci

Arman Ramji

Elena Randolph

Logan Rosbash

Allison Rosen

Sydney Rosenbaum

Zachary Roth

Eli Samuels

Kirstyn Schechter

Andrew Schiffer

Alan Schneider

Maxwell Schobel

Andrew Sender

Sawyer Shalit

Charlotte Sheehan

Megan Sheehan

Ethan Shifman

Zachary Siegel

Brooke Siket

Jason Silver

Jackson Somerstein

Arnold Spilman

Griffin Stark

James Stickel

Jake Stoll

Zhengyu Tang

Blake Taub

Philip Tepper

Anna Theodosopoulos

Sarah Thompson

Jacob Tilem

Ezra Tobin

Daniel Todd

Sydney Topper

William Tucker

Haley Uliasz

Jaden Vann

Elizabeth Vogt

Noah Wagner

Cameron Wakai

Cooper Walner

Haiqi Wang

Tynan Weathers

Thomas Wildhack

Kyle Wong

Linjie Xiong

Yihang Xu

Zhenzhi Yin

Zachary Young

Aidan Zaicek

Sport Analytics

Joshua Abercrombie

Isabel Alfonso

Austin Ambler

Christopher Antosiewicz

Thomas Armstrong

Sam Auerbach

Nathan Backman

Daniel Baris

Jackson Bayuk

Mitchell Bereznay

Brody Bledsoe

Sean Boland

Tyler Bolebruch

Alexander Borelli

Daniel Brockett

Nolan Bruton

Elijah Buto

Martin Castner

Nicholas Catalano

George Cave III

Brett Cerenzio

Xinliang Chen

Aidan Corr

Amanda Cotton

Robert Craig III

Samuel Crampton

Kylie Dedrick

Nicholas DeVita

Gabrielle Dougherty

Eric Ducret

Lucas Esquivel

Piper Evans

Lucas Falcetti

Riley Figueiras

Aidan Flood

Madelyn Forster

Philip Frank

Joshua Freson

Evan Friedman

Benjamin Gansenberg

Hunter Geise

Jake Gershberg

Robert Giegerich IV

Alison Gilmore

David Gold

Jacob Graff

Turner Graves

Fred Gullo

Samuel Gustafson

Brett Gustin

Nolan Hammond

Jackson Hecker

Caleb Heller

John Hepp

Jackson Hett

Matthew Holmes

Jason Horne

Benjamin Jennings

Christopher Jones

Jordan Jones

Nicholas Kamimoto

Aidan Kaplan

Jake Kleiman

Collin Kneiss

Peter Kucharczuk

Mark Kyranakis

Andrew LaRock

Porter Lehmann

Zachary Levitan

Ryan Lewis

Matthew Liddell

Nicholas Lukowsky

Ian MacMiller

Liam Maloney

Marcus Mann

Jarrett Markman

Drew Munley

Austin Murphy

Danielle Napierski

Ryan O’Connell

Walker Oettl

Alexander Oppel

Hayden Orenstein

Zachary Palfey

Evan Parker

Claire Patin

Matthew Penn

Dylan Phillips

Anna Pierce

Nolan Pittman

Seth Quinn

Ethan Radecki

Benjamin Resnic

Jacob Robinson

Quinn Robnett

Aaron Rofe

Jeremy Rosenbaum

Nicholas Rovelli

Benjamin Rubin

Theodore Schmidt

Marissa Schneider

Robert Schnoor

Zachary Seidel

Gavriel Sela

Ryan Severe

Connor Shanahan

Hunter Shorter

Brenden Slomka

Maximilian Slowinski

Jonah Soos

Gavin Stein

Matthew Tan

Ethan Towler

Evan Vassilovski

Benjamin Wachtel

Hayden Wasserman

Aaron Williams

Zachary Wood

Samuel Woolf

Ryan Zirilli

Senior Capstone Experience

Among the most valuable attributes of the Department of Sport Management is its connection with the sport industry, which impacts students in numerous ways, including the Senior Capstone experience. As a part of their degree requirements, Sport Management students must complete a 12-credit Capstone providing an opportunity to gain valuable hands-on experience in the sports industry before graduation.

Since the Capstone is the culmination of one’s academic experience, the planning process begins during a student’s freshman year. The process concludes with the full-semester experience with a specific sport entity or organization as local as Central New York to across the United States and around the world.

A Capstone requires students to work with a sport-related organization for a minimum of 540 hours over the course of one semester, gaining experience in areas such as sales, marketing, finance, analytics, event management, collegiate athletics, communications, law, community relations, and more. 

Listed below are Sport Management students and the organizations where they completed their senior Capstone in 2022-2023. We are grateful to our growing list of Capstone partners, who continue to provide tremendous learning opportunities for our students. This all happens under the leadership of the Sport Management internship placement coordinators. 

FALL 2022

Guillaume Boyer Nalda - Syracuse University Football Recruiting

Matthew Cohen - The Montag Group

Kevin Donoghue - Gaelic Athletic Association

Ben Dross - Fever

Rahul Dua - Syracuse University Athletics Marketing

Zachary Erber - Le Moyne College Athletics

Nathan Fingeret - CollectibleXchange

Lee Gerstman - ’Cuse Athletics Fund

Logan Harris - Vayner Sports

Andrew LeConte - Legends Hospitality

Dylan Kelly - Syracuse University Football Recruiting

Juliano Macera - Syracuse University Football Recruiting and Operations

Noah Minsky - Bowl Season

Chloe Moss - Bowl Season

Chris Nolan - ISBI 360

Alexandra Panaggio - United States Youth Soccer

Killian Quirk - Dominion Energy Charity Classic

Alexa Schlitt - Burst

Spring 2023

Michael Abrutyn - The Post Game

Michael Altschul - Sinai Temple

Samuel Borg - Indiana Fever

Corey Bruno - Elite NIL

Conor Chesterman - WMA

Alexander Chillemi - FanCompass

Michael Corbett - TPC Sawgrass

Liam Creeden - Baltimore Orioles

Zach David - U.S. Bank

Alberto de la Guardia - San Francisco 49ers

Stephanie DeAngelis - Philadelphia Eagles

Geoffrey Desharnais - Syracuse University Athletics, Facilities and Events

Juliana DiCenso - Nashville Sports Council

Jordan Edelstein - Syracuse Mets

Alessandro Ferrari Carrubba - Bowl Season

Jake* Fienberg - Wasserman

Josh Friedman - BSE Global

Alex Guo - OnLocation

Alyssa Helland - Minnesota Twins

Carter Jones - Syracuse University Football Recruiting

Nyah Jones - Priority Sports

Melanie Kelly - Wasserman

John Lee - Wasserman

Jacob Lichtman - Madison Square Garden

Josh Linder - GSE Worldwide

John McClatchy - Philadelphia Eagles

Jakob Moses - United States Youth Soccer

Justin Moskowitz - YBVR

Colby Murphy - FanBasis

Emerson Murphy - Drumlins Golf and Country Club

Christopher Onorato - Priority Sports

Zachary Paskal - DC United

Faith Porter - Bowl Season

Sydney Rosenbaum - Ethos Group

Eli Samuels - Syracuse University Athletics, Facilities and Events

Andrew Schiffer - The Montag Group

Maxwell Schobel - Nashville Predators

Noah Shar - Exclusive Sports Group

Megan Sheehan - Leinster Rugby

Ethan Shifman - SponsorUnited

Brandon Silver - Syracuse University Athletics, Marketing

Blake Taub - Nashville Sports Council

Anna Theodosopoulos - Wells Fargo Championship

Jacquelynn Thomson - Nexus Center

Connor Toomey - Syracuse University Athletics, Communications

William Tucker - Sport Trade

Noah Wagner - UFC

Cooper Walner - Flower City Union

Liana Wong-Wright - Wasserman

Summer 2023

Zach Adee - i9

Michael Almonte - Indiana Fever

James Beck - Translation LLC

Harrison Bieber - Octagon

Ethan Cohen - UFC

Drew Cubitt - Purdue University Football Recruiting

Jordan Darian - Los Angeles Sparks

Chuqi Fang - Nanjing Sport Institute

Brian Hall - Force Sports and Entertainment

Jackson G Haugenes - Hoop Dreams NYC

Ethan Letwat - Maxx MGMT

Justin Ma - GSE Worldwide

Nicholas Nizza - FanCompass

Benjamin Paglia - Pittsburgh Pirates

Pete Peterson - Los Angeles Sparks

Braeden Rowley - Premier Lacrosse League

Qiaomu Yao - Nike China

Capstone

Documentary work highlights remote experience as research intern

By Alexa Schlitt SPM ’23

For my 2023 senior Capstone, I had the privilege of interning remotely for both Burst, the leading user-generated content engagement platform, and The Carnegie Initiative for inclusion and acceptance in hockey, a non-profit named after the legendary hockey player and social justice pioneer, Herb Carnegie. 

I worked for both organizations as a business development and research intern, primarily focusing on content creation and engaging storytelling while rotating between a variety of departments and acquiring skills in public relations, communications, marketing, program development and production. 

I helped to develop the Herb Carnegie Trailblazer Award Program, honoring the unsung heroes of the hockey world and those who use the sport as a vehicle for change. 

Also, I was honored to work on a documentary titled “Beyond Their Years: The Incredible Legacies of Herb Carnegie and Buck O’Neil,” which tells the story of two men’s parallel lives, and how they were denied from playing in the NHL and Major League Baseball due to the color of their skin. The film also focuses on their induction into their respective halls of fame. I started as the production coordinator and by the end became an associate producer. This once-in-a-lifetime opportunity was something I never imagined as part of my senior year of college. I traveled to Toronto and Kansas City, writing and directing interviews. I was lucky to also attend the 2023 Hockey Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony. 

I will cherish my senior Capstone experience for the rest of my life. I am forever grateful for those who helped me get there and supported me along the way as I begin my post-graduate career in the sport industry. 

Capstone takes student to the Super Bowl, Final Four and Masters 

By Alex Guo SPM ’23

I completed my senior Capstone in Spring 2023 with On Location’s event production department as an event production and hospitality intern in Los Angeles, California. My responsibilities were to assist the company’s premium hospitality events in the pre-production, onsite, post-production, and closeout stages. My tasks included contracting with vendors, paying invoices, budget assistance, coding payments, expensing credit card charges, retrieving quotes, building decks and diagrams, researching assets, managing onsite events, and working with clients and vendors. 

I worked on parties for the Kansas City Chiefs and Philadelphia Eagles at Super Bowl LVII in Glendale, Arizona, as well as events for NCAA March Madness and Final Four across 18 cities. I also worked with two hospitality houses at the 2023 Masters in Augusta, Georgia. Throughout this time, I learned new personal skills and processes to improve my career, such as communication methods, leadership styles, and time management. I also gained industry knowledge in areas such as accounting, event planning, hospitality, sales, and design. While I thoroughly enjoyed this experience, my favorite aspect of the Capstone was the people I got to work with in the office and at the events. The most important takeaway from this experience is that “people make the job.” I intend to prioritize office culture and team environment in my future career plans. 

After graduation, I joined ESPN at The Walt Disney Company as a Sports Brand Solutions Coordinator, working on the SEC Network properties in Charlotte, North Carolina.

Capstone takes student to Ireland for Gaelic games experience

By Kevin Donoghue SPM ’23

During the Fall 2022 semester, I had the privilege of completing my senior Capstone with the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA) in Dublin, Ireland.

The GAA is an Irish international amateur sporting and cultural organization focused primarily on promoting indigenous Gaelic games and pastimes, which include the traditional Irish sports of hurling, camogie, Gaelic football, Gaelic handball, and rounders.

I worked under the supervision of Strategy, Insights, and Innovation Manager Peter Horgan within the Coaching and Games Development department. As a research support intern, my duties largely pertained to the development of various research studies relating to Gaelic games.
I helped manage the Gaelic Games Youth Participation Study, which drew upon the experiences of young participants in Gaelic games; and the Inactive Gaelic Games Coaches Study, investigating reasons for why coaches choose to step away from their roles. Through these reports, I provided the GAA with potential solutions and implementation recommendations for problems raised through study results.

Apart from research, I gained experience in social media management via the GAA Learning Twitter account. I also gained sports public communications insight by attending and assisting in the operations of Croke Park gamedays.

I will be forever grateful for this tremendous opportunity that allowed me to gain hands-on experience in the European sports landscape. I am excited to take what I have learned with me into the future as I continue to make my mark in the sports industry

Ethan Towler

Evan Vassilovski

Benjamin Wachtel

Hayden Wasserman

Aaron Williams

Zachary Wood

Samuel Woolf

Ryan Zirilli

Senior Capstone Experience

Among the most valuable attributes of the Department of Sport Management is its connection with the sport industry, which impacts students in numerous ways, including the Senior Capstone experience. As a part of their degree requirements, Sport Management students must complete a 12-credit Capstone providing an opportunity to gain valuable hands-on experience in the sports industry before graduation.

Since the Capstone is the culmination of one’s academic experience, the planning process begins during a student’s freshman year. The process concludes with the full-semester experience with a specific sport entity or organization as local as Central New York to across the United States and around the world.

A Capstone requires students to work with a sport-related organization for a minimum of 540 hours over the course of one semester, gaining experience in areas such as sales, marketing, finance, analytics, event management, collegiate athletics, communications, law, community relations, and more. 

Listed below are Sport Management students and the organizations where they completed their senior Capstone in 2022-2023. We are grateful to our growing list of Capstone partners, who continue to provide tremendous learning opportunities for our students. This all happens under the leadership of the Sport Management internship placement coordinators. 

FALL 2022

Guillaume Boyer Nalda - Syracuse University Football Recruiting

Matthew Cohen - The Montag Group

Kevin Donoghue - Gaelic Athletic Association

Ben Dross - Fever

Rahul Dua - Syracuse University Athletics Marketing

Zachary Erber - Le Moyne College Athletics

Nathan Fingeret - CollectibleXchange

Lee Gerstman - ’Cuse Athletics Fund

Logan Harris - Vayner Sports

Andrew LeConte - Legends Hospitality

Dylan Kelly - Syracuse University Football Recruiting

Juliano Macera - Syracuse University Football Recruiting and Operations

Noah Minsky - Bowl Season

Chloe Moss - Bowl Season

Chris Nolan - ISBI 360

Alexandra Panaggio - United States Youth Soccer

Killian Quirk - Dominion Energy Charity Classic

Alexa Schlitt - Burst

Spring 2023

Michael Abrutyn - The Post Game

Michael Altschul - Sinai Temple

Samuel Borg - Indiana Fever

Corey Bruno - Elite NIL

Conor Chesterman - WMA

Alexander Chillemi - FanCompass

Michael Corbett - TPC Sawgrass

Liam Creeden - Baltimore Orioles

Zach David - U.S. Bank

Alberto de la Guardia - San Francisco 49ers

Stephanie DeAngelis - Philadelphia Eagles

Geoffrey Desharnais - Syracuse University Athletics, Facilities and Events

Juliana DiCenso - Nashville Sports Council

Jordan Edelstein - Syracuse Mets

Alessandro Ferrari Carrubba - Bowl Season

Jake* Fienberg - Wasserman

Josh Friedman - BSE Global

Alex Guo - OnLocation

Alyssa Helland - Minnesota Twins

Carter Jones - Syracuse University Football Recruiting

Nyah Jones - Priority Sports

Melanie Kelly - Wasserman

John Lee - Wasserman

Jacob Lichtman - Madison Square Garden

Josh Linder - GSE Worldwide

John McClatchy - Philadelphia Eagles

Jakob Moses - United States Youth Soccer

Justin Moskowitz - YBVR

Colby Murphy - FanBasis

Emerson Murphy - Drumlins Golf and Country Club

Christopher Onorato - Priority Sports

Zachary Paskal - DC United

Faith Porter - Bowl Season

Sydney Rosenbaum - Ethos Group

Eli Samuels - Syracuse University Athletics, Facilities and Events

Andrew Schiffer - The Montag Group

Maxwell Schobel - Nashville Predators

Noah Shar - Exclusive Sports Group

Megan Sheehan - Leinster Rugby

Ethan Shifman - SponsorUnited

Brandon Silver - Syracuse University Athletics, Marketing

Blake Taub - Nashville Sports Council

Anna Theodosopoulos - Wells Fargo Championship

Jacquelynn Thomson - Nexus Center

Connor Toomey - Syracuse University Athletics, Communications

William Tucker - Sport Trade

Noah Wagner - UFC

Cooper Walner - Flower City Union

Liana Wong-Wright - Wasserman

Summer 2023

Zach Adee - i9

Michael Almonte - Indiana Fever

James Beck - Translation LLC

Harrison Bieber - Octagon

Ethan Cohen - UFC

Drew Cubitt - Purdue University Football Recruiting

Jordan Darian - Los Angeles Sparks

Chuqi Fang - Nanjing Sport Institute

Brian Hall - Force Sports and Entertainment

Jackson G Haugenes - Hoop Dreams NYC

Ethan Letwat - Maxx MGMT

Justin Ma - GSE Worldwide

Nicholas Nizza - FanCompass

Benjamin Paglia - Pittsburgh Pirates

Pete Peterson - Los Angeles Sparks

Braeden Rowley - Premier Lacrosse League

Qiaomu Yao - Nike China


Capstone

Documentary work highlights remote experience as research intern

By Alexa Schlitt SPM ’23

For my 2023 senior Capstone, I had the privilege of interning remotely for both Burst, the leading user-generated content engagement platform, and The Carnegie Initiative for inclusion and acceptance in hockey, a non-profit named after the legendary hockey player and social justice pioneer, Herb Carnegie. 

I worked for both organizations as a business development and research intern, primarily focusing on content creation and engaging storytelling while rotating between a variety of departments and acquiring skills in public relations, communications, marketing, program development and production. 

I helped to develop the Herb Carnegie Trailblazer Award Program, honoring the unsung heroes of the hockey world and those who use the sport as a vehicle for change. 

Also, I was honored to work on a documentary titled “Beyond Their Years: The Incredible Legacies of Herb Carnegie and Buck O’Neil,” which tells the story of two men’s parallel lives, and how they were denied from playing in the NHL and Major League Baseball due to the color of their skin. The film also focuses on their induction into their respective halls of fame. I started as the production coordinator and by the end became an associate producer. This once-in-a-lifetime opportunity was something I never imagined as part of my senior year of college. I traveled to Toronto and Kansas City, writing and directing interviews. I was lucky to also attend the 2023 Hockey Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony. 

I will cherish my senior Capstone experience for the rest of my life. I am forever grateful for those who helped me get there and supported me along the way as I begin my post-graduate career in the sport industry. 

Capstone takes student to the Super Bowl, Final Four and Masters 

By Alex Guo SPM ’23

I completed my senior Capstone in Spring 2023 with On Location’s event production department as an event production and hospitality intern in Los Angeles, California. My responsibilities were to assist the company’s premium hospitality events in the pre-production, onsite, post-production, and closeout stages. My tasks included contracting with vendors, paying invoices, budget assistance, coding payments, expensing credit card charges, retrieving quotes, building decks and diagrams, researching assets, managing onsite events, and working with clients and vendors. 

I worked on parties for the Kansas City Chiefs and Philadelphia Eagles at Super Bowl LVII in Glendale, Arizona, as well as events for NCAA March Madness and Final Four across 18 cities. I also worked with two hospitality houses at the 2023 Masters in Augusta, Georgia. Throughout this time, I learned new personal skills and processes to improve my career, such as communication methods, leadership styles, and time management. I also gained industry knowledge in areas such as accounting, event planning, hospitality, sales, and design. While I thoroughly enjoyed this experience, my favorite aspect of the Capstone was the people I got to work with in the office and at the events. The most important takeaway from this experience is that “people make the job.” I intend to prioritize office culture and team environment in my future career plans. 

After graduation, I joined ESPN at The Walt Disney Company as a Sports Brand Solutions Coordinator, working on the SEC Network properties in Charlotte, North Carolina.


Capstone takes student to Ireland for Gaelic games experience

By Kevin Donoghue SPM ’23

During the Fall 2022 semester, I had the privilege of completing my senior Capstone with the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA) in Dublin, Ireland.

The GAA is an Irish international amateur sporting and cultural organization focused primarily on promoting indigenous Gaelic games and pastimes, which include the traditional Irish sports of hurling, camogie, Gaelic football, Gaelic handball, and rounders.

I worked under the supervision of Strategy, Insights, and Innovation Manager Peter Horgan within the Coaching and Games Development department. As a research support intern, my duties largely pertained to the development of various research studies relating to Gaelic games.
I helped manage the Gaelic Games Youth Participation Study, which drew upon the experiences of young participants in Gaelic games; and the Inactive Gaelic Games Coaches Study, investigating reasons for why coaches choose to step away from their roles. Through these reports, I provided the GAA with potential solutions and implementation recommendations for problems raised through study results.

Apart from research, I gained experience in social media management via the GAA Learning Twitter account. I also gained sports public communications insight by attending and assisting in the operations of Croke Park gamedays.

I will be forever grateful for this tremendous opportunity that allowed me to gain hands-on experience in the European sports landscape. I am excited to take what I have learned with me into the future as I continue to make my mark in the sports industry.


Behind the scenes at Bowl Season

By Faith Porter SPM ’23
During the Spring 2023 semester, I was fortunate to work remotely at Bowl Season as a digital media intern for my senior Capstone experience. Bowl Season represents the postseason college football bowl games, highlighting the uniqueness of each of the 43 games.

Throughout my internship, I worked closely with Bowl Season Director of Operations Thomas Carracilo on creating and executing new social campaigns that integrated existing partnerships. I was responsible for posting, engaging and interacting on all of Bowl Season’s social media platforms (Instagram, Twitter, Facebook and Tik Tok). I spent time creating templates on Canva, conducting research for each campaign, looking at current trends on social media and gathering information for each campaign. Additionally, I was tasked with collecting metrics from previous social campaigns, and analyze the data for a sales deck.

I worked on-site at the Bowl Season Annual Meeting in Nashville, where more than 400 executives, representatives, sponsors and vendors gathered to discuss the upcoming college football postseason. At the annual meeting, I posted live content, reposted user-generated content and captured images for the duration of the meeting.

At Bowl Season, I learned the value of communication and adaptability. I learned the importance of organizing my work before posting and contacting upper-level executives for social campaigns. I sat in on meetings with sponsors as well as planning sessions for our annual meeting, where I learned what goes on behind the scenes to execute an event of that magnitude.

I am grateful to have interned at Bowl Season as I was pushed to think outside the box creatively, trusted with projects and allowed to demonstrate the skills I learned in the Syracuse University classroom before taking on the role.


SPM Club raises $52,675 at 18th Charity Auction

The Sport Management Club at Syracuse University raised $52,675 for Vera House as a result of its 18th Annual Charity Sports Auction.
During the Syracuse men’s basketball game on December 10, 2022, supporters placed bids on various items including sports memorabilia, electronics, jewelry, gift baskets, trips, and tickets to major sporting events. In addition to the in-person event, an online auction was held, where online supporters placed bids on hundreds of items.
Vera House’s mission it to help prevent, respond to and partner to end domestic and sexual violence and other forms of abuse.
Apex Entertainment served as the Title Sponsor for the 2022 auction.
Sport Management seniors Megan Sheehan, Alex Guo and Max Schobel served as co-chairs for the event.
The SPM Club is a student-run organization in the Falk College of Sport and Human Dynamics’ Sport Management Department. Since its founding in 2005, the club has raised more than $665,000 for local charities. Previous beneficiaries of the club’s annual charity auction include Boys & Girls Clubs, Golisano Children’s Hospital, the Ronald McDonald House Charities of CNY, the Central New York SPCA, the Upstate Cancer Center, Special Olympics New York, Food Bank of CNY, the Salvation Army, Rescue Mission Alliance, American Diabetes Association, Make A Wish CNY, Meals on Wheels, the Jim and Juli Boeheim Foundation and McMahon/Ryan Child Advocacy Center.
“Our Sport Management Club was founded on the principles of teaching our membership the value of civic engagement, community service, and social responsibility through sports,” said Michael Veley, Rhonda S. Falk endowed professor and director of Sport Management, who also serves as the organization’s faculty advisor. “The countless hours of dedication by these students to ensure that the proceeds from our charity auction would benefit our community is extremely gratifying.”
The Sport Management Club meets weekly during the academic year. 
The beneficiary of the 2023 event will be Tillie’s Touch, whose goal is to make children’s dreams of playing a sport possible while helping them to achieve academic excellence. Tillie’s Touch provides the necessary sports and/or school equipment for a child when their family is unable to do so.

Images with captions included in this section: Sport Management seniors Megan Sheehan, Alex Guo and Max Schobel (from left) served as co-chairs for the 2022 Charity Sports Auction.

A letter from the SPM Club president

By Doug Camp, SPM ’24, SPM Club President

During the 2022-23 academic year, the Sport Management Club kept busy supporting the Central New York Community as well as welcoming guest speakers and creating networking opportunities for its members.
With the help of club advisors Michael Veley and Jeremy Losak, we returned to an in-person format for meetings and events. Sport Management Club members were able to revitalize the social bonding and relationships that truly makes this club great. Throughout the semester, our members learned about the sport industry, grew their connections, and most importantly supported the Central New York Community through philanthropic efforts.
During our time in the Department of Sport Management at Syracuse University, students are tasked with determining their career goals in the sport industry and beyond.
The Sport Management Club offers students the chance to connect with industry leaders, work alongside classmates and faculty, and learn the value of the giving back to the community. Alumni and upperclassmen provide mentorship to younger students as they begin to navigate the sport industry. This invaluable opportunity allows students to expand their professional and social skillset.
Throughout the semester, Club members heard from amazing speakers, including executives from the United States Olympic and Paralympic Committee, the Colorado Avalanche, and the WWE, as well as numerous sport law professionals. These conversations with industry professionals truly aid our members in so many ways.
The most impactful part of the Sport Management Club is how we support our surrounding communities. Along with the club’s annual Charity Sports Auction, club members support numerous causes year-round in the Central New York area, including the Special Olympics and the Food Bank of Central New York.
This semester could not have been possible without the hard work of our Executive Board, including Brody Ponterelli, Dan Carroll, Adelaide Gilley, Alex Grossman and Livia McQuade. It truly is a privilege to lead this club and we are excited for the 2023-24 year as well as the future of the Sport Management Club at Syracuse University. We are honored to guide and support the members of this club in hopes to make a positive impact on their lives and the Syracuse community.