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The recent ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ graduate was named the Hokies’ director of player development last summer and his early contributions have been lauded by fellow members of the Virginia Tech coaching staff.

The chair of the Sport Management Department authored a research article published in the Journal of Amateur Sport, a publication for scholars to share scholarship relevant to the amateur sports realm.

For a second consecutive year, a team of four ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ students advanced to the finals of the Sport Marketing Association Conference’s case study competition, identifying new content offerings and underserved audiences for Stadium, a fledgling digital television and internet sports network.

ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ alumna Shelby McKay ’13, senior academic advisor at George Washington University, provided a keynote address at the May 7 awards ceremony, highlighting her professional path and the influence of ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ’s community, while also sharing words of wisdom with the soon-to-be graduates.

The coordinating producer of ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ Sports Vision, formerly Maroon Sports, returned to her native Minnesota to support three of the network’s basketball-centric shows.

The April 23 event is headlined by a keynote address from former NBA Commissioner David Stern, followed by two panel discussions addressing the business impact and regulation of legalized sports betting. Tickets are on sale through April 17; ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ students, faculty and staff can attend at no cost, but must register in advance.

ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ was named PRWeek’s 2019 Outstanding Education Program and was celebrated at the PRWeek Awards dinner and presentation on March 21 in New York City.

As ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ hits the midpoint of its semester and heads into spring break, community members will likely head home, maybe travel, certainly relax and – undoubtedly – stream content. Thanks to the School of Communications’ new channel available on Roku devices, ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ-produced content has never been more accessible.