Mentorship Program Continues in 2022
We’re very excited to launch our mentorship program as part of our fully online Masters degree in Sport Management. We owe a massive debt of gratitude to all the KU alumni whom agreed to participate in this program and help guide the next generation of Jayhawks. Below, learn more about our alumni mentors and see the students they’ll be paired with this fall.
Fall 2022 Mentor-Student Pairings
Jennifer Dominguez (’15) — Associate Director of Compliance for the Big Ten Conference
Alizae Dollins
Kylah Perry
Adrian Lujano
Jim Small (’85) — Senior Vice President, International for Major League Baseball
Scott Swanson
Liran Zamir
Gracie Hunt
Ian Sadler (’10) — Assistant Athletics Director of Development (Major Gifts) for TCU Frog Club
Richard Murphy
Alex Russell
Robel Melesse (’12) — Vice President of Operations at High Field Marketing/Sports in Action
Andrew Carter
William Sykes
Matt McDonough (’15) — Senior Director of Development at UMKC Foundation
Lisa Davis
Jeff Hollaway
Zion Debose
Collin Prentiss (’16) — Associate Director of Equipment Operations at Texas Tech Athletics
Joshua Clark
Chris Zeller
Kerri Troyer (’00) — Director of Ticket Sales at T-Mobile Center
Cameron Mackey
Ashley McGee
Anezka Szabo
Rob Ramseyer (’10) — Director of Athletics at Friends University
Brandon Perry
Ian Langeberg
Valerie White (’12) —Community Impact Manager, United Way
Eve DiMagno
Majesty Collins
Holdyn Halperin (’16) — Assistant AD for Ticket Operations at University of Miami Athletics
Andrew Gallegos
Marque Walker
Jerome Saddler
Stephanie Silver (’16 & ’19) — Site Merchandiser at Foot Locker
Alyssa Mcelveen
Laurel Durst
Megan Mackey (’09) — Account Manager at SMG
Hallie Klanke
Zachary Babb
Nic Anguiano (’13 & ’16) — Assistant Learning Specialist at University of Kansas Athletics
Christopher Daniel
Santiago Arias
Steve Fanelli (’96) — Vice President of Ticket Sales and Analytics at Oakland Athletics
Michael Pilosof
Nicholas Sakoda
Dave Holtzman (’00 & ’03) — Associate Producer at FOX Sports Kansas City
Kyle Weide
Zachary Townsend
Kelli Elmore (’12) — Sports Events Manager at Visit Wichita
Cam Martin
Jeanette Crowder
Jason Yi
Abbey Shea (’11) — Associate Director of Compliance at University of Colorado Athletics
Bianca Zins
Kaleigh Close
Nick Kallail (’03 & ’06) — Assistant Vice President at KU Alumni Association
Francesco Mucciacciaro
John Lucero
Allie Wielansky (’16) — Director of Media/Administration at Missouri Valley Conference
Devin Hager
Caroline Baldwin
Kyle Krueger (’02 & ’03) — Director of Annual Giving at University of Montana Foundation
Bill Queisert
Chris Hansen
Jesse Meyer (’19) — Senior Regional Director of Development at Notre Dame
Dennis Klaasmeyer
Paxton Bush
Connor Terry (’14) — Senior Corporate Account Executive at Dallas Mavericks
Remy Martin
Derek Trammell (’15) — Stadium Manager at Andy Train Services (Cowboys Stadium)
Jared Hinrichs
Kyle Freres
Kezelee Flomo
Kent Weiser (’81 & ’92) — Retired Director of Athletics at Emporia State University
Logan Klusman
Lance Barnes
Matt Gardner (’01) — Vice President of Digital Media and Emerging Technology at St. Louis Blues
Isaiah Koppes
Phillip Hughes
Kathleen Gier
Jason Booker (’99) — Deputy Athletics Director at University of Kansas
Edwin Sullivan
Daniel Sandefur
Ty Kempf
Rob Thomson (’03) — Chief Communications Officer at Sporting Kansas City
Camden Dietz
Michael Murphy
Nicolas Parman (’20) — Assistant Director of Compliance at Virginia Tech Athletics
Kyle King
Regan Mew
Alyssa Henke (’18) — Youth Marketing Coordinator at Minnesota Vikings
Alexis Barnes
Rebecca Hamerle
Shalini Shanker (’03 & ’06) — Senior Associate Athletics Director at Colorado State Athletics
Darrian Wilson
Amanda Simpson
Chris Loftin (’20) — Sports Information Director at Highland Community College
Alex Granados
Nikolas Bell
Cassie Enriquez (’18 & 20) — Season Ticket Account Manager at OKC Thunder
Matilda Brooks
Julia Isbell
Alexandra Jeffries (’19) — Event Services Manager at KU Memorial Union
David Hill
Alissa Basabe
Michael Claude (’18 & ’20) — Gift Officer at Memorial Sloan
Nicholas Davis
Jelani Arnold
Caleb Feist — Director of Operations for Stanford Softball
Kaitlyn Slack
Hana Matthys
Cali Cox (’19) —Client Support Specialist at Ticketmaster
Brandon Sans
Antonio Garcia
Dustin True (’13) — Director of Group Sales at Amarillo Sod Poodles
Johnny Chapple
Nicholas Olinger
Jackie Labarge (’16 & ’18) — Event Coordinator at Kansas City Chiefs
Abigail Schmidt
Ryan Simpson
Aaron Parris (’06) — Executive Vice President at FEVO
Hayden Denson
Lucas Bolubasz
Jarred Latta (’16 & ’19) — Development Officer at KU Endowment
Kadin Bradley
Anthony Rittof (’15 & ’17) — Professional Sport Program Manager at Drug Free Sport International
Scarlett Eaton
Eriq Gilyard
Sean Norris (’14) — Elite Sales Manager at HUDL
Jonna Gaede
Nicholas Perkins
Annie Giangrosso (’08) — Senior Manager of Rules and Competition at LPGA
Sarah McClendon
Jalen Coleman-Lands
Billy Barnes (’16) — Manager of Entertainment and Live Event Operations at San Francisco 49ers
Richard Prouty
Porter Cruz
Jacob Petty (’15) — Director of Enrollment at Mason Preparatory School
Paige Corcoran
Grant Jones (’03) — Head of Content at Learfield IMG
Shanequa Miller
Jacob Lindsey
Brian Stoldt
Doug Holtzman (’99) — Vice President of Business Development at Sportsdigita
Josh Fahlgren
Jordan Counts
Grady Millikan (’13) — Business Intelligence Analyst at William Hill
Zachary Imig
Noah Keller
Andy Kriegh (’12 & ’14) — Business Development Manager at Tappit
Troy Gardner
Chris Watkins (’18 & ’20) — Assistant Football Coach at West Texas A&M
Kendall Hernandez
Justin Dickerson
Madison Stein (’15) — Assistant Athletics Director for Development at Arkansas State University
Jaci Hoing
Alexis Tofil
Cicely Nash — Olympic Games Event Management at NBC Sports Group
Shannan Taylor
Lauren Dooley
Derek O’Dell (’08 & ’10) — Senior Manager of Business Development at Learfield IMG
David Williams
Tyrique Dunn
Ray Mallouk (’95) — Co-Founder at BreakAway Sports Marketin
Gabriel Frias
Mike Vest — Co-Founder at Lionsbridge FC
Santiago Arias
Daniel White
