Experience Matters - Grand Valley State University

City of Holland Recreation Internship

Anna
Major: Sport Management During my time as an intern, the main programs that I worked with were youth and adult basketball, volleyball, lacrosse, and softball. I also had the opportunity to work a couple of non-sport activities such as the daddy daughter dance and mother son date. I was responsible for finding contacts to send out marketing promotions to in order to increase program participation. I was also a site supervisor for the basketball programs to ensure everything was running smoothly. Lastly, I gained experience in selling sponsorship.

Intern Athletic Director

Andrew
Major: Sport Management I worked day to day operations as well as some of the evening event. One specific project that I worked on was the 50th anniversary celebration. I had to go back through 50 years of yearbooks and type up a roster for boys cross country, football, and sideline cheer. This roster was then presented to each fan at the gate of the football game.

495 Internship

Rashound
Major: Sport Management My Main duties were on game days where I would help set up courts for Basketball or women's and co-ed volleyball. I made sure games ran smoothly and kept score and stats when needed. I helped teams fill out paperwork, and made sure that teams knew when their next games were and directed them to where they played. I also helped with Youth sports and that at times was a little more challenging dealing with parents. I helped run a kinder league class a couple times and supervised games and made sure no kids got hurt and parents did not get too rowdy.

Sales with the Grand Rapids Drive

Rick
Major: Sport Management A full time job that included: 1. Finding and gathering prospects interested in Drive basketball 2. Setting meetings with prospects and telling them more about the different plans and packages the Drive has to offer 3. Sponsorship Activation 4. Arranging Away team Travel while visiting Grand Rapids 5. Organizing Non-profit Donations 6. Community outreach and Events

GVSU Club Sports

Michael
Major: Sport Management I was tasked with handling day to day external and internal operations for things surrounding club sports. I wrote numerous articles for our website (gvsuclubsports.com), coordinated appropriate spreadsheets for day to day functions of our clubs, handled organization of specific files for our clubs and office, and supervised all things involved with game operations.

Volunteer Baseball Coach

Grant
Major: Sport Management My tasks include taking care of the players in the weight room, helping the pitchers on the team, and baseball operations for the team. One of my biggest tasks I was in charge of is I am in charge of a prospect camp that is being held in January. It is my job to run, staff, and make sure everything runs smoothly.

Campus Recreation in Madison

Bryce
Major: Sport Management I had the opportunity to work on many different projects within operations. My biggest summer project was working on the FFE budget of around $5 million for a brand new rec center that will be opening this winter.

Sport Internship at the YMCA

Stephen
Major: Sport Management I was in charge of the setup and tear down of equipment for both the youth and men's basketball league, as well as managing the scorekeepers and referees during the games. I also assisted in running a free baseball league for the innercity kids of Grand Rapids, MI. My tasks were to attract clients, data entry, manage equipment and uniforms, collect gloves from the glove drive, manage the coaches and umpires, and to follow the state's regulations while passing out free meals to the kids after the games.

Griff's Georgetown Operations Intern

Allison
Major: Sport Management As an operations intern I had a variety of tasks. Some of the ice duties were zamming the ice, edging and chipping, figure eights, replace boards, make blade changes, and check the depth of the ice throughout the rink. A few operation duties not dealing with the ice were painting marks throughout the rink, compressor scada system training, use floor scrubbers, and know how to operate the refrigeration units.

Living Like a Stanley Cup Champion

William
Major: Sport Management I filled internal/external ticket requests for events at the Enterprise Center. I assisted in ticket resolution issues during events at Enterprise Center/Stifel Theatre in the box office. I helped with archiving of paperwork/data from previous Blues. Finally, I assisted with the development of the 2019-2020 season and single game plan tickets. Helping to set price codes, event and ticket interfaces.

GVSU Club Sports

Derrick
Major: Sport Management Weekly tasks consisted of email correspondence with clubs, meetings & professional development, article writing, and website management. Some of the larger projects completed throughout the internship were hosting the NIRSA Regional Soccer Tournament, NCDA Dodgeball Nationals, and Club Sports Olympics.

U.S. Figure Skating Internship

Jake
Major: Sport Management My responsibilities included everything from hosting VIP and memorial fund events at the 2019 US Figure Skating Championships, to working in the Figure Skating Museum archives. I was even tasked with transporting and getting repair quotes for an Olympic gold medal!

Gazelle Sports Young Athletes Intern

Zach
Major: Sport Management I was the Gazelle Sports Young Athlete Intern. I did a lot in this role. I was in contact with a great deal of high school coaches in west Michigan. I setting team nights with these coaches. During the team nights, when all the athletes are at gazelle, fit the athletes for shoes, spikes, and other running essentials. I had a chance to get some real hands on time with these athletes and hope to ignite a fire for the sport of track and field for so many young athletes. I also represented Gazelle Sports at many track meets where I tried to ignite the fire for young athletes and hopefully have a chance to motivate the kids. I also did all I could to make our young athlete program better.

West Michigan Sports Commission Internship

Holly
Major: Sport Management I continually worked with vendors to organize services like catering, tents, welcome information, and more for upcoming events. I was able to create marketing materials to promote our events. When event days came, I was on-site to assist with setting up, guiding volunteers, and answering questions to visitors.

The Grandest Time

Marisa
Major: Sport Management I completed anything from daily credit card reports to putting on our annual spring sale at the end of the year. I handled the money before and after every event for both Louie's Locker Room and Tickets. I stayed on top of online orders and inventory for our merchandise. I created the events within our ticketing system for the upcoming seasons. I supervised and managed ticket and merchandise sales interns at all home events.

The Hidden World of College Athletics

Courtney
Major: Sport Management More often than not, there are huge chunks of students who want to work in college athletics. They aspire to work alongside the top Division 1 schools within their athletic programs. But where does one start? In the marketing department for athletics, we are responsible for fulfilling promotional and sponsorship contracts, develop marketing strategies to engage with students, and execute those marketing plans on game days.

Student-Athlete Welfare & Development

Thomas
Major: Sport Management Serve as the first point of contact for walk-in and phone traffic. Draft and send emails representing the office. Assist student-athletes with awards, event information, and general questions. Produce reports and documents utilizing Microsoft Word, Excel, and other software. Create content for monthly newsletters for Student-Athlete Welfare and Development. Create and manage social media accounts. Assist with planning and implementation of various workshops & events that the student-athlete welfare & development office hosts. Attend Student-Athlete Welfare & Development events. Conduct research into similar student-athlete welfare & development programs to report on best practices. Other assignments and projects assigned by the Associate A.D.

Griffins Corporate Sales Intern

Mitchell
Major: Sport Management My day to day tasks were split into two different categories based on what I was in the office for. For my "office hours" I was tasked with different data entries for donations and promotional inquiries. I was also in charge of the Griffins Kids Club where we organized memberships and created packages for the kids that signed up. Other "office hours" activities included preparing the promotional giveaways that happened for each game. For the days that we had games, we would often show up several hours before puck drop to set of the arena. This meant hanging banners, signs, rolling shirts, preparing coupons, setting up promotional tables, allocating promotional material to different areas and departments. During the game we would be tasked with different game time events and activities such as t-shirt toss, the smoke show before the game, Zamboni riders and much more. This was a fast paced and incredibly fun environment! I was also given the opportunity to put on the Griff Costume and make various different appearances for different videos and events.

Internship in Athletics

Emma
Major: Sport Management As Frostburg State University transitions from NCAA Division III to NCAA Division II, I am heavily involved in the application process. Some areas of responsibility include: assembling necessary documents to comply with NCAA application standards and recording the transition process by documenting meeting minutes and timeline. I also provided support at all home football games as the Department implemented new ticketing procedures.

App State Campus Recreation Summer Internship

Isaac
Major: Sport Management I worked with all six programs within the Campus Recreation. I did things with inventory, budgeting, planning outdoor trips, risk management mapping, closing the facilities, and more. I got a wide variety of things to learn within the office setting.

David D. Hunting YMCA Aquatics Internship

Hailey
Major: Sport Management While working as the aquatics intern, I was fully in charge of creating the schedules for swim lessons all summer long. I ran the Safety Around Water(SAW) program, and I was the person to go to if anyone had any questions about the SAW program, group swim lessons, and private lessons. I also joined the Lifeguard Competition committee! I have been working hard alongside some higher-ups in our association to create a fun competition for our association's lifeguards to show off their skills to win prizes to take home to their specific branches.

Sports Intern at Spartan Stores YMCA

Joslyn
Major: Sport Management I completed a wide variety of tasks as the sports intern. The majority of tasks I completed were administrative, which included projects such as a competitive analysis and being sure all sports classes were prepared for and running smoothly. I also oversaw the summer T-ball/baseball league, and taught many different sports classes.

West Michigan Ironmen

Jared
Major: Sport Management I handled player intake, preparation for games as well as production of the game.

Legacy Intern

Christian
Major: Sport Management I helped operate all events. This includes setting up and tearing down, making sure the refs are getting paid, and keeping parents and players happy throughout the process. I also worked the front desk a lot where I would register teams for leagues, register individuals, take payments, and explain the schedule to people who were trying to find their way.

Intern

Dae'Shaun
Major: Sport Management I work directly with the sports based programs that a two clients were working on bringing to the city of Detroit. For one, I helped with the creation and development of her programs to help center it more sport based and the other I helped her with her business focus and all the business operations that go into her organizations like the name and branding.