Career In Sports Networking Event Registration Form

Oberlin, Ohio – The Oberlin College Athletics Career in Sports Networking Event is less than a month away, so don't miss out on this wonderful opportunity by registering today!

The event, which is open to current Oberlin College students and recent alums, will take place on February 19 from 7:30 p.m.-9:30 p.m. in the Science Center Perlik Commons.

Some of the guests panelist include Don Blumenthal '73, Part-time Scout for the Oakland Raiders; Laura Pierce '03, Head Cross Country Coach, Millikin University; Scott Kretchmar '66, Professor of Exercise Science, Penn State University; Chad Kutting'06, Account Executive, San Francisco '49ers; Tim Carver, Purdue '88 Director of Sports Medicine at Oberlin and others. Chris Broussard '90, a senior writer for ESPN The Magazine, will be the Master of Ceremonies. A complete list of attendees is below.

In addition to this event, the department of athletics has created an online career network for current student-athletes and alums. The goal is to connect current job-seeking varsity student-athletes and/or alums to hiring managers throughout the country. Click here to learn more about the athletics career network.

Registration will be open until the day of the event. For additional information please contact Heisman Club President Carla White Freyvogel at aida1898@yahoo.com.

Confirmed Attendees:

Chris Broussard
1990, English major, Basketball
Senior writer, ESPN The Magazine

Chris reports and writes feature stories for ESPN The Magazine.  He also writes for ESPN.com and appears on ESPN television shows as an NBA analyst.

Chad Kutting
2006, Interdisciplinary Approaches to Communications major, Baseball and Football
Account Executive, Ticket Sales, San Francisco 49ers.

Chad is responsible for the growth and development of season tickets, group tickets, luxury suites and other premium inventory.  He works closely with local businesses, association and organization to demonstrate how various packages benefit their groups.
   
Don Blumenthal
1973, Government
Principal, DMB Associates; Adjunct Professor, Unversity of Michigan School of Information, part time scout, Oakland Raiders Football

Consultant and instructor, primarily in information security and privacy
   
Laura Pierce
2003, Chemistry and Biochemistry, Cross country, Indoor and Outdoor Track
Head Men's and Women's Cross Country Coach, Assistant Men's and Women's Track and Field Coach, Millikin University

As the head cross country coach, Laura is responsible for developing workouts for the season, scheduling, hosting two home cross country meets, and recruiting future Millikin runners.  As the assistant track coach, she continues to plan workouts for the middle and distance runners, continue recruiting, and assist with the track season's administrative duties.

Tim Carver
1988 Purdue, Athletic Training, 1990 MA North Carolina, Sports Medicine
Director of Sports Medicine, Oberlin College

Tim administers the medical treatment program for the 22 intercollegiate athletic teams as well as separate program for the 16 club sport teams.  These programs consist of both on-site and clinical medical care.

Jon Kingdon
1975, English, Football, Sports Editor Oberlin Review
Director of College Scouting, Oakland Raiders

Jon coordinates the evaluation of college football players on their ability to play professional football

Fred Minnear, Ph.D.
1970, Biology, Football, Hockey, Baseball, Track
Professor and Assistant Vice President for Graduate Education
Fred oversees the graduate programs at the West Virginia University Health Sciences Center.

Scott Kretchmar
1966, Physical Education, Cross Country, Basketball, Baseball
 Professor of Exercise and Sport Science

Scott teaches philosophy of sport and conducts research on the same. He is also the NCAA Faculty Athletics Rep at Penn State and runs a doctoral program in sport philosophy. Scott chairs the NCAA Scholarly Colloquium and is the founding Editor of the Journal of Intercollegiate Sport

Joe Sheehan
2006, Biology, Baseball
Baseball Operations Data Analyst for the Pittsburgh Pirates

Joe is primarily involved with managing and adding new data sources to scouting and statistical databases. These databases provide insight into the expected performance of various players. He also works closely with the Director of Baseball Systems Development to make sure the databases are compatible with the internal player-information program.

Kiki Jacobs
1989, Dickinson College, Political Science and Economics, Swimming
Associate Director of Athletics, Oberlin College

Kiki is responsible for budgets, NCAA compliance, transportation, scheduling, and internal operations for varsity athletics
   
Mike Kolczun MD
Kenyon College, Economics, Football, Indoor track, Outdoor track, Lacrosse

Head Section Orthopedic Surgery -Cleveland Clinic /Lorain, Surgeon

Dan Tudor
1989, California State University, Bakersfield, Communications
President, Tudor Collegiate Strategies
 
Dan runs a company that consults with college athletic departments across the country, teaching coaches and athletic directors how to recruit more effectively. His approach involves building relationships within athletic departments and analyzing needs and goals. He then can develop effective recruiting campaigns.
 
Prior to this company, Dan was a partner in an advertising company, founded a collegiate recruiting services company, worked as a regional manager and trainer for a Fortune 100 company (Pitney Bowes) a television sportscaster for ABC in California.