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Elon Sport Careers Diversity Forum convenes students, alumni and industry professionals
February 4, 2021
Speakers representing the NBA, NFL, MLB, ACC and Minor League Baseball discussed their experiences in the sports industry and highlighted the value of a diverse work force.
Young Do Kim researches overall asset value of a sport fan
January 7, 2021
As part of a peer-reviewed article in the International Journal of Sports Marketing and Sponsorship, the assistant professor of sport management and his co-authors generated a composite sport fan equity index to estimate the asset value of an individual fan to a sport organization.
Tony Weaver begins tenure as associate dean of the School of Communications
January 6, 2021
As associate dean for undergraduate affairs and assessment, Weaver will help guide undergraduate academic programs in partnership with Dean Rochelle Ford and School of Communications faculty and staff members.
Mark Cryan, Andrew Scarlata ’19 examine the Dominican Republic’s success developing MLB players
January 4, 2021
Before their research was published this fall by the North Carolina Alliance for Athletics, Health, Physical Education, Recreation, Dance and Sport Management, it began nearly five years ago as a Spring Undergraduate Research Forum (SURF) project.
Event Management class hosts golf events benefiting Kopper Top
December 8, 2020
Associate Professor Hal Walker’s Event Management service-learning class coordinated a two-day golf fundraiser in November to benefit the Liberty-based nonprofit organization dedicated to providing quality therapy services.
‘Elon Phoenix Weekly’ goes virtual, gets initiative
November 17, 2020
With the COVID-19 pandemic impacting television production around the globe, Elon University’s student-run weekly sports magazine show has gone virtual to continue to tell insightful and entertaining stories.
Elon Sports Vision, Unity in Communications host baseball broadcaster
November 2, 2020
Adam Giardino, a broadcaster with the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders, spoke to students about his start in the broadcasting industry and his role as president of the Black Play-by-Play Broadcaster Grant and Scholarship Fund.
Andrew Scarlata ’19 teaches the basics beyond baseball for the Washington Nationals
October 30, 2020
The Elon alumnus, who studied sport management and Spanish, is finishing up his first season as the player education and cultural development coordinator for the MLB organization.
Sport management class to host golf outings benefiting Kopper Top Life Learning Center
October 23, 2020
Associate Professor Hal Walker’s Event Management Service Learning class has coordinated a two-day golf event in early November to benefit the nonprofit organization dedicated to providing quality therapy services.
Students share summer experiences at Sport Management Internship Forum
October 21, 2020
Andrew Scarlata ’19, a member of the Washington Nationals organization, provided an insightful keynote address at the Sport Management Department’s fall internship forum held virtually on Oct. 19.