To kick off the fall 2025 semester, the Robert H. Brooks Sports Science Institute welcomes three returning and two new interns. These students enter with impressive skills gained from a variety of experiences to offer innovative ideas that will advance the mission of the Institute.
EVY LANE
Evy Lane is a senior Marketing major and Spanish minor from Piedmont, South Carolina. In her third semester with the Institute, she will serve as the Communications Lead, which entails creating a content calendar and editing or posting blogs across RHBSSI social media handles.
This past summer, she got the opportunity to write blog posts for the Institute, allowing her to interview faculty and alumni and further explore writing.
“For this semester, I am so excited to be back on campus and create content with our team that will promote the RHBSSI mission, and to learn new skills to help grow our social media,” Lane said.
LUCY HART
Lucy Hart is a senior graduating in December 2025, studying Sports Management with a double minor in Youth Development and Business Administration. From Piedmont, South Carolina, Hart joins the Institute as the Events Lead intern. Her responsibilities will include coordinating the second annual RECESS Symposium and other campus promotional events.
Most recently, she worked as a Destination Experiences Intern with VisitGreenvilleSC, the Destination Marketing Organization for Greenville, South Carolina. In this role, her main project was managing all the volunteers for the SEC Women’s Basketball Tournament hosted in Greenville.
On campus, Hart also serves as the Vice President of CHANGE, Clemson’s student ethics organization. CHANGE creates ethical programming at the University-wide and college-wide levels while exposing students to real-life applications of ethical decision-making and ethical leadership.
“I am an enthusiastic leader who brings positivity and motivation to any team I work with, and I am very passionate about serving my community and working with people,” Hart said. “I hope to encourage others to help bring the community together.”
GRIFFIN BARFIELD
Returning as Writing and Editing Lead Intern, Griffin Barfield is a senior Sports Communication major and Spanish minor from Oceanport, New Jersey. Barfield will work throughout the semester to produce articles highlighting research outcomes from faculty fellows and other important members of the sports science community.
Barfield is also Sports Editor of The Tiger, Clemson’s Student Newspaper. This role involves managing a team of student reporters to cover a variety of Clemson athletics. Additionally, he will be writing for Clemson Tigers on Sports Illustrated, mainly focusing on Clemson football and recruiting.
“I’m so excited to be returning to the Institute for my final semester at Clemson,” Barfield said. “I was able to learn more about our Brooks Faculty Fellows, and I’m looking forward to telling more stories about the advances that happen around campus.”
KATIE GERBASICH
Katie Gerbasich is a senior Sports Communication major and Women’s Leadership minor from Houston, Texas. She will be the Institute’s co-writer for the fall semester, assisting the team in detailing the stories of sports science endavors.
Gerbasich previously worked with the Institute in the fall of 2024 as an Events & Writing Assistant. Here, she helped organize the first-ever RECESS Symposium and curated posts on faculty members for the Sports Insight Blog.
In the spring, Gerbasich worked with Clemson Baseball’s Sports Analytics team and wrote sports articles for Tiger View Media. These experiences allowed her to explore different avenues of college athletics while expanding her communication skills.
“I’ve loved watching the Institute grow so much in the last year,” Gerbasich said. “I’m so excited to be back, joining this amazing team and further promoting the development of sports sciences.”
KATHERINE MANN
Katherine Mann is a junior Graphic Communications major and a Business Administration minor from Fort Mill, South Carolina. As Graphic Design lead, she will assist the Institute in creating visual elements for social media and branding purposes.
Mann is heavily involved in her sorority, Delta Gamma, on campus. Previously, Mann served as Director of Social Media putting her in charge of their Instagram and TikTok accounts. Now, she is Vice President of Programming where she helps plan the calendar, sisterhood events, alumnae relations, and DEI events.
“I am so excited to put my design skills to test and see them featured on the socials,” Mann said. “I am also hoping I can help with growing the social media and gain more engagement.”
