Author: evlane

By Evelyn Lane

Michael Cloer graduated from Clemson in 2023 with a dual bachelor’s in mechanical engineering and math, with a minor in computer science. He received the Markvan Bellamy Brooks Endowed Scholarship in 2022. He wanted to arm himself with the tools to develop and utilize physically-informed models of vehicle performance.

How have you utilized your major/concentration in sports to help your career?

My dual engineering and math background provided the analytical foundation essential for simulation work in Formula 1. The mathematical modeling skills and engineering principles directly translate to vehicle dynamics simulation and performance optimization.

What is your current role and where are you located?

 I work as a simulation performance engineer at Oracle Red Bull Racing, where I develop and run computational models to optimize car performance. I look most closely at using our simulations to understand the operational envelope of the vehicle, and to identify the important factors in future car development.

What was your journey like since graduating from Clemson?

After graduating from Clemson, I moved from the United States to the UK to pursue my master’s in Motorsports Engineering at Cranfield University.

What advice would you give to future Brooks Scholars as they approach post-grad?

I would advise people to form a clear picture of what their goals are in the short and long term, so that they can concentrate their efforts on walking that path. Having this clarity helps you make strategic decisions about your education and career moves.

By Evelyn Lane

Peter Gaspich is a current Automotive Engineering student graduating in May 2026. He received the Markvan Bellamy Brooks Endowed Scholarship in 2024. He is currently the Suspension Division Lead for Clemson Formula SAE, leading a team of student engineers, and over the summer he was a General Motors Motorship Tires R&D Intern in Concord, North Carolina.

How have you utilized your major/concentration in sports to help you throughout internships?

Most of the skills I use today were gained from my experience as the Suspension Lead for Clemson Formula SAE. My involvement gave me valuable experience in vehicle dynamics, simulation, team management, data analysis, vehicle tuning, and so much more. Almost every skill I apply at work was gained from my experience on the team. I also have the Department of Automotive Engineering to thank to help give me the connections and interpersonal skills needed to excel in the industry.

What was your internship and where were you located?

Over the summer I was a Motorsports Tire R&D Intern at General Motors. My role involved testing, modeling, and simulating tire performance to better predict and optimize vehicle performance going into the race weekend. GM Motorsports has afforded me a unique opportunity to work in a variety of series, including NASCAR, Cadillac LMDh in IMSA/WEC, and even the brand new TWG-Cadillac F1 Team!

What advice would you give to future Brooks Scholars as they approach post-grad?

While I haven’t graduated, I would encourage anyone pursuing a career in motorsports to never be intimidated and remain dedicated to their passion. The most important factor in my success wasn’t my GPA or my proficiency in mathematics, physics, dynamics, or any other schoolwork, it was my dedication to my passion and my willingness to sacrifice my time to participate in a hands-on motorsports experience, such as Formula SAE. A crucial skill in any engineering field is knowing how to apply your knowledge, which from my experience, is a skill that cannot be learned within the limits of the classroom.

By Evelyn Lane

As the Summer semester comes to an end, the interns of the Robert H. Brooks Sport Science Institute share the opportunities and projects they had, as well as giving us a peek as to what they will be doing in the Fall semester. As the summer team was small and spread across the country for much of the semester, these interns were thrust into new and exciting roles and successfully tackled new challenges and tasks in order to uphold the RHBSSI mission and goals.

Maria Pocorobba

Maria Pocorobba is a senior communications major and business and brand communication minor from Albany, New York, who was the Institute’s content creator this summer. She assisted enhancing Institute manuals, designing content, and creating logos for the Robert H. Brooks Sports Science Institute to help communicate effectively with their audience and future interns.

“Working with the Robert H. Brooks Sports Science Institute this summer has been an incredible learning experience. One of my favorite projects was designing the new logo and branding materials for the Institute’s fall research symposium – RECESS. I also had the opportunity to contribute to social media content and assist with the Institute’s promotional video,” Pocorobba said. “Each project challenged me to think creatively, adapt quickly, and sharpen my design skills. It’s been a pleasure to work with such a supportive team, and I’m excited to watch the Institute continue to grow and thrive this year.”

In the Fall semester, Pocorobba will be working with Clemson Athletics as both a Graphic Design Intern and a Marketing/Fan Experience Intern. These positions will help her further develop her creative design skills, gain hands-on experience in the sports industry, and play a meaningful role in enhancing the Clemson fan experience, “I’m grateful for the opportunity to contribute to such a passionate and talented athletic department!”

Evelyn Lane

Evelyn Lane is a senior marketing major and Spanish minor from Piedmont, South Carolina, and was the Institute’s communications lead this summer. She helped format, create and enhance the Insitute’s sports science content through their social channels, along with analyzing analytics to help grow their online presence. She also partook in interviewing RHBSSI faculty fellows and alumni to develop the Sports Insight blog posts highlighiting their research, travels, and career endeavors.

“Getting to continue to work with the Institute this summer has helped me grow in so many different facets of my life and develop new skillsets. Having to take on the role of writing blog posts was so scary at first but I am so thankful now that I tackled it head on,” Lane said. “I got to speak to various members of RHBSSI Faculty Fellows and learn more about their travels around the world which was such an enriching experience for me. I was so lucky to get to learn and write about their stories, because along with learning new things about sports research around the world, I also was able to develop my writing skills and learn how to turn a messy blurb of notes into a cohesive and engaging story for the audience. I am so grateful for the new opportunities I got this summer and will take the skills I learned with me in the future.”

In the Fall semester, Lane will continue with the Institue for a third semester as the communications lead. She is excited to continue growing her communication skills along with learning from her future peers and working with them to enhance and uphold the Institute’s mission.

By Evelyn Lane

Throughout the 2025 summer, Robert H. Brooks Sports Science Institute Faculty Fellow and Assistant Professor in the Department of Parks, Recreation and Tourism Management, Dr. Felipe Tobar, has been conducting sport research around the world. From Clemson to Germany, Australia and Taiwan, Tobar has taken his passion for soccer and research on the intersection of sport, tourism, history, events, politics, and technology across the world.

Holocaust remembrance connected to German soccer culture

In early May, Tobar took a group of students from Clemson to Germany to study “​​the Culture of Remembrance and Political Activism in German Football.” The first stop was Berlin, where they toured the city and its remembrance sites to help students understand that the impact of the Holocaust was not solely confined to concentration camps, but weaved into daily life, including soccer. They also attended the Babelsberg 03 vs. FC Carl Zeiss Jena match and witnessed the “Alle zusammen – voran 03!” initiative (“All Together – Leading 03!”), which is a campaign working to eliminate barriers in the stadium and in the way people think about inclusion in soccer between players with and without disabilities.

The next stop was Bremen, where the group walked around the city learning about the systematic use of forced labor under the Nazi regime and how the local community was fully aware of all crimes, and how political engagement in soccer is a necessity. After the walking tour, they visited Bunker Valentin, which was a Nazi-era submarine bunker, where they reflected on how to understand the victims in the eyes of soccer to present them as fans who never got to support their club again. They also got to tour Werder Bremen and retrace the Nazi-era history. After that tour, they got to witness the Werder Bremen vs RB Leipzig game and interact with locals.

After Bremen, they visited Hamburg, Dortmund, and Cologne, where they visited the FC St. Pauli Museum, HSV Museum, Borussia Dortmund, and the FC Köln Stadium. Not only did they get to experience German culture through soccer matches and stadium and museum tours, but they also gained a deeper understanding of how players, directors, and fans were important in helping build a culture of remembrance.

“Football clubs have the power, and the social responsibility, to remember, speak out, and act.” – Dr. Felipe Tobar

Their last stop was in Munich, where they played street soccer with locals and learned how the game of soccer at any level can teach important values that immigrant youth can take with them throughout their lives and help them adapt to new communities. The group then visited the FC Bayern Museum and reflected on how Bayern players and directors were affected by Nazi ideologies and how Munich played a central role in Hitler’s rise. The students also presented social media campaigns they had created focusing on topics such as racism, religious intolerance, and intersectionality in soccer. 

During and after the trip, Tobar initiated two different studies. The first is about stickers. He noticed that around the soccer stadiums, there were stickers everywhere. These can easily be overlooked, but when he looked at these, he saw a version of fan expression, fans communicating their social and political beliefs and how German soccer culture is a vehicle of political activism. The second is a study focused on the benefits of teaching Holocaust history and how German soccer clubs can collaborate with remembrance centers and former concentration camps to attract new audiences and use soccer’s influence to communicate Holocaust history and ensure that it never happens again. 

Presentations abroad

Tobar was invited as a visiting researcher and teacher to the National Taichung University of Education in Taiwan, where he had the opportunity to speak at three different undergraduate courses. He shared his experiences working with Paralympic soccer athletes and the importance of respect. He also presented his teaching philosophy, which is one where it is important to promote kindness and learning to create more engaged and curious students. 

In Australia, he presented at the 16th International Conference on Sport and Society at Monash University in Melbourne. He presented his paper about English soccer stadiums, specifically Liverpool FC and how the presence of tourists and their use of mobile phones affect the local supporters’ match-day experiences. Through this study, he found that the presence of football tourists and their online engagement can be disruptive to the local football culture. He plans to share these results with both club and English Premier League teams in the future. 

American and European soccer research 

During Clemson’s first-ever Paralympic soccer match, Tobar conducted a survey to understand the perception of players with disabilities. He discovered that 84% of participants had changed their opinions positively towards para-athletes. He also surveyed the perceptions and attitudes of long-term volunteers towards people with disabilities.  

Additionally, Tobar has two studies where he focuses on soccer and environmental sustainability. The first follows his attendance at the UEFA EURO, where the institution implemented a €29.6 million investment in environmental, social and governance (ESG) initiatives. The tournament achieved a 21% reduction in emissions compared to initial forecasts, largely through measures like encouraging public transport and minimizing flights. This study was focused on whether these changes towards sustainability changed fan behavior after the championship.

The second was focused on the Clemson Women’s Soccer team. In 2024, Tobar accompanied the team to Spain, where they observed how facilities and clubs tackle climate change. Now that a year has passed, he is asking 19 players and two managers if they have changed their behaviors and show that the players can have a voice and help others become more environmentally friendly.

The documentary

Tobar has recently launched his documentary called “The Match That Not Every Club Wants to Play.” This documentary takes viewers to Spain, showing the Real Madrid soccer club and how it attempted to keep its role in the Spanish Civil War a secret. It also takes us to FC St. Pauli in Germany, where the club is a symbol of resistance, and where the fans demand accountability for the club’s Nazi-era past.

Just like Tobar, this documentary is making its way around the world. It debuted at the Tercer Tiempo-Festival Mundial de Cine Futbolero in Bogotá, Colombia, where his father is from. There, he received a “Special Mention” for the quality of the production and thought-provoking investigation. Additionally, it was the first film in six years to have a full-house at the viewing. 

Soon, the documentary will be shown at the Sports & Entertainment Film Festival in Birmingham, Alabama, the Festigol, Festival de Cine + Futbol, in Santiago, Chile, and at the Paladino D’Oro in Palermo, Italy, which is the world’s oldest sport film festival. 

Coming up…

Following his first documentary, Tobar is in the process of developing another around the unspoken functions of Weserstadion in Bremen during the Nazi regime. The Nazis took it and used Eastern European slaves to build military defense structures. The stadium also facilitated the distribution of furniture from Jewish houses, and even today, much of this furniture is still not found. 

Additionally, Tobar is studying how cultures influence how coaches coach their players. He plans to interview professional and collegiate coaches to understand how culture shapes play style. His brother is a coach for the most important Division One team in Ecuador, which is inspiring this study. 

He is also working with Master’s students and colleagues from Colombia, Spain, and Chile to take a look at paralympic soccer and analyze how countries organize offensively and defensively. They are asking the question, “What is the best way to win games?” Paralympic players expend three times more energy than normal players, so they work to prove that the best paralympic teams play zone, which allows more conservation of energy, versus a man-to-man structure. 

By Evelyn Lane

Samantha Moody graduated from Clemson University in May 2022 with a major in Marketing and double minor in Spanish and Human Resource Management. She received the Markvan Bellamy Brooks Endowed Scholarship in 2020. Throughout her time at Clemson she invested her time in many activities such as the Sales Innovation Program (SIP) and interned with Clemson’s Athletic Marketing Department.

How have you utilized your major/concentration in sports to help your career?

Marketing is a highly versatile field, and the Clemson curriculum equipped me with a broad skillset applicable across many industries. One key lesson I took away was that marketing graduates aren’t confined to a single career path. That flexibility has served me well in my role as an insurance broker, where I get to wear many hats daily. Whether it’s using my “sales” hat to build rapport with clients, my “creative” hat to design insurance solutions for complex risks, or my “analytical” hat to interpret market trends and loss data — the foundation I built at Clemson continues to support me in all aspects of my work.

What is your current role and where are you located?

I’m currently an Insurance Broker at Lockton Companies in Charlotte, NC. I specialize in placing commercial property and casualty insurance for private equity-backed companies, working across a diverse range of industries including marketing agencies, youth sports organizations, restaurants, manufacturers, retailers and everything inbetween!

Outside of my core responsibilities, I’m actively involved in Lockton’s internal initiatives. I serve on both the Charlotte and Southeast regional Women in Lockton committees and am a member of the “Best Place to Work” committee — a title Lockton has proudly held for 16 consecutive years.

What has your journey been like since graduating from Clemson?

It’s been an exciting and fast-paced journey! I started my career at Lockton just two weeks after graduation and haven’t looked back. Outside of work, I enjoy staying active through golf running and fitness classes , exploring Charlotte’s restaurant and brewery scene, and staying connected with the Clemson community. I currently serve on the Alumni Board of the Charlotte Clemson Club as the Student/Young Alumni Chair as well as the alumni advisor for Kappa Kappa Gamma’s Vice President of Organization.

What advice would you give to future Brooks Scholars as they approach post-grad?

My biggest advice is to remember that your passion for sports can live on in any career. While I work in insurance, I’ve found ways to stay connected to the sports world through my clients, company events, and personal life.

Clemson prepares you so well for the post -grad world, so leverage your Clemson Alumni network and never lose your love for Orange and Purple! Go Tigers!

By Evelyn Lane

Jack Kamsickas graduated from Clemson in August 2024 with a double major in Management and Parks, Recreation and Tourism Management with a PGA Golf Management concentration. He received the Markvan Bellamy Brooks Endowed Scholarship in 2023. Throughout his time at Clemson he utilized his concentration in PGA Golf Management to thrive as a PGA intern in Massachusetts, New York, and Pennsylvania.

How have you utilized your major/concentration in sports to help your career?

My concentration in PGA Golf Management taught me how to become proficient in a variety of skills, which helps me be a good teammate in a variety of environments. At Clemson, I learned how to be a sponge with an open mind, and it has helped me learn from as many different opportunities as I can. The skills I learned at Clemson set me up for immediate success after graduation.

What is your current role and where are you located?

My current role is a Seasonal PGA Assistant Golf Professional at The Country Club in Brookline, MA, and the Hole-In-The-Wall Golf Club in Naples, FL. I spend 6 months of the year at each location.

What has your journey been like since graduating from Clemson?

Since graduating from Clemson, I have worked in Florida and Massachusetts, learning about different sizes and types of golf operations while expanding my network too. My goal is to eventually become a Head Golf Professional or Director of Golf.

What advice would you give to future Brooks Scholars as they approach post-grad?

My biggest advice is to take advantage of as many networking opportunities that the college provides. Relationships you build at Clemson will help you in ways that you least expect, and resurface in times you least expect them down the road. Some of my strongest professional connections started in college!

By Evelyn Lane

In June 2025, Robert H. Brooks Sports Science Institute Fellow and Assistant Professor in the Department of Parks, Recreation and Tourism Management, Ashlyn Hardie, Ph. D., recently embarked on a journey to Costa Rica. She was accompanied by Mike Clark, former assistant director for Clemson Student-Athlete Development, Nick Singleton, assistant director for Clemson Student-Athlete Development, and nine female student-athletes from Clemson Women’s Rowing, Track and Field, Softball and Gymnastics. 

Clemson Student-Athlete Development (SADEV) is a branch within Clemson Athletics where staff work with student-athletes to help them grow in their leadership skills, prepare for post-graduation careers and work on holistic human development. The Director of Student-Athlete Development, Tori Niemann, and Dr. Hardie originally connected because of Hardie’s research expertise on women in sport and sport in the international context. Subsequently, Hardie began to assist the SADEV staff in their goal to ensure the service trip to Costa Rica was intentional, impactful, had measurable research outcomes, and would benefit the Costa Rican community. 

Hardie’s research emphasizes the importance of understanding intention versus impact in international development and service work. Her mission is to help others understand that in order to make a positive change, there has to be more than just positive intention; service providers and volunteers also have to acknowledge and embrace the culture and norms of the country they are in to optimize positive outcomes for all parties. According to Hardie, she was really impressed with the SADEV staff’s intentionality in learning about ethical international service practice and prioritizing that in the trip preparations. 

Embarking on the trip

On the trip, all of the student-athletes were women, and the two staff members leading the trip, Clark and Singleton, were men. So, in addition to Hardie’s professional contributions, she was excited to be an example to these young women of an experienced female traveler. Hardie shared, “While it wasn’t the intended purpose of my role on the trip, I cherish any opportunity to be an example for young women of how to break out of their comfort zone, embrace different cultures and different people, and seize opportunities to grow through travel. The idea of traveling internationally as a young woman can feel daunting or unsafe, but it makes all the difference to have an example and mentor who can share some helpful tips and support in the process.” 

During their service trip, student-athletes learned about the local communities and cultures of Costa Rica, explored the city, zip-lined through the rainforest, gained deeper insight into the ecological elements of Costa Rica and the importance of eco-friendly practices in their culture. The main purpose of the trip, which took up four of the six days of the trip, was to work at a school in the rural mountains of Costa Rica called La Jolla. There, they helped build a community space with a kitchen and bathroom area, along with more creative tasks such as painting signs in English with the school’s core values so that the Costa Rican students could learn English and important values such as empathy and self-awareness. Clemson athletes also helped with general clean-up, participated in a Father’s Day fundraiser and dance classes, and supported with other tasks during the week. 

Service trips can benefit both the community that is being assisted and leave participating volunteers with lasting memories, a greater understanding of other cultures, and comfort traveling to a new environment. To this end, Hardie states that there were three main takeaways that were voiced from the Clemson group collectively at the end of their travels.

The first was that the student-athletes expanded their Clemson horizons while abroad and stepped out of their comfort zones. On day one of the trip, the athletes mostly hung out with their teammates and were more reserved; by day six, they formed a little sisterhood and had shared experiences and developed friendships across teams as a result.

The second takeaway was that the student-athletes were able to recognize differences in the way Americans live and what many people take for granted every day. When people picture a trip to Costa Rica, they visualize lying out on the beach during the day and using their resort WiFi to wind down at night, and trust that there will be water coming out of the showerhead so they can rinse off the sand after a long day at the beach. Instead, the women on this trip experienced inconsistency in cell service and WiFi, and the water being shut off for a night at their homestays as a result of a small earthquake (that was not felt by people, but as a safety precaution). Although this made individuals anxious and feel inconvenienced, their host families explained this was relatively normal, which ultimately broadened the scope of Clemson athletes’ understanding of how experiences can vary greatly in other parts of the world.

The last takeaway that the group expressed was that they had a greater desire to connect and contribute to the community surrounding them. The girls were nervous at first, but once they saw all that they could accomplish, they took pride in their work. They also dove more into the culture, they practiced the language and overcame their own discomfort to connect with their environment. These learnings applied to both the student-athletes and the staff leaders alongside Hardie, who acknowledged in real-time that they were in a new place and were able to embrace new things that they had not experienced before.

Hardie states that this trip allowed for self-reflecting and conquering challenges that the group does not normally encounter day-to-day in Clemson, South Carolina. Instead of preparing for a hard exam or training for a new personal record in their respective sport, the athletes had to navigate language barriers so they could communicate with their host families and learn new norms, try new foods, and navigate new cities/towns.

Six days is a short amount of time to fully appreciate being immersed in a new culture, but the student-athletes made the most out of their time. They connected with the locals and attempted to speak the native language, and even participated in a dance class. Cultural acclimation can take weeks for some, but Hardie was proud of them for going out and trying new things and maximizing the time they had.

Aftermath of the service trip

Hardie says that, for the staff and faculty who go on service trips such as these, it allows for moments of learning and reflection that can be utilized to inform future Clemson student-athletes’ community service projects. The impact this group made does not just stay in Costa Rica; it follows them back to Clemson and influences their future projects. 

In addition to the service trip itself, Hardie and Niemann partnered together on a research initiative to assess the impact of these opportunities for Clemson student-athletes and donor support. Before, during, and after this trip, Hardie collected data. She challenged the girls to reflect on things like how their identities influence the spaces they are interacting in, cultural understanding and integration, and their own personal development from the trip. She took ethnographic notes throughout this time about her experiences working and interacting with the group, and her observations from the week. 

Hardie will be analyzing the qualitative data and asking questions such as, “How did the relationship between the student-athlete development staff and the student-athletes change?” and “What were the most meaningful outcomes for those student-athletes?” and “What was the change in their global perspective?” The information can be used for future trips to prepare student-athletes on how to better interact with other countries, and to seek and interact with donors for projects such as these. 

In the future, Hardie is excited to continue working on and supporting international service projects with SADEV as a point-of-contact, regardless of whether or not she travels alongside the team, to provide insight and advice as to how to prepare student-athletes before travelling abroad, as well as support in future research endeavors. 

By Evelyn Lane

Elisa Aldrich graduated from Clemson University in 2020 with a double major in Marketing and Spanish. She received the Markvan Bellamy Brooks Endowed Scholarship in 2019. Throughout her time at Clemson she invested her time in multiple clubs such as the Spanish Club, Spikeball Club, and Watersports Club.

How have you utilized your major/concentration in sports to help your career?

My internship with the Winter Olympics opened the door to opportunities across multiple industries. My involvement in sports taught me discipline, resilience, and how to perform under pressure, qualities that have been essential throughout my consulting career.

What is your current role and where are you located?

I’m currently a Senior Consultant at Incendium, a European boutique consulting firm. I specialize in advising clients on real estate strategies and workplace transformation.

What has your journey been like since graduating from Clemson?

After graduating from Clemson, I began my career at Deloitte, where I worked on consulting projects across the tech and manufacturing sectors. I had the opportunity to support clients like Toyota, Intel, and Chevron. That experience allowed me to pivot into real estate consulting, where I now help organizations optimize their real estate portfolios and future workplace strategy.

What advice would you give to future Brooks Scholars as they approach post-grad?

Be open to opportunities in all industries and sectors. You never know where a single role or experience might lead. Your path might not be linear, but each step will add to your growth and perspective.

By Evelyn Lane

Patrick Neal graduated from Clemson in May 2025 as a double major in Business Management and Sport Communication. He received the Markvan Bellamy Brooks Endowed Scholarship in 2023. Throughout his time at Clemson he utilized his love for sports and major in Sport Communication to succeed in internships with Augusta National Golf Club and Clemson Athletics.

How have you utilized your major/concentration in sports to help your career?

I worked as a Coaches’ Recruiting Assistant with Clemson Football for 3.5 years while at school, and my concentration in sports helped me manage relationships and work successfully to bring in high school recruits to the program. I was also to have some experiences working with the Atlanta Falcons shadowing their community relations team, which was really special to see and only possible because of the communication and relationship skills I learned at school.

What is your current role and where are you located?

I work now as a Transportation Supervisor with DHL Supply Chain in Greer, SC. There I use my management and communication skills I learned to successfully manage 25 drivers and their route planning, along with the transportation operations of the site.

What has your journey been like since graduating from Clemson?

I’ve only been out of school for a month and a half or so, so really still trying to learn what it’s like to live as a college graduate. I got to travel around Europe with college friends right after graduation, which was awesome to see and experience some of Europe’s different cultures.

What advice would you give to future Brooks Scholars as they approach post-grad?

I’m still learning a lot, but I’d tell other scholars that as they approach post-grad, I think it’s just important to reflect on what you find most important in your life and to try to align your experiences with that. Find career opportunities and create goals that are going to help you fulfill what is most important and meaningful to you, and while career success is important, the people and relationships you have are going to be more important in the end.

By Evelyn Lane

Brian Smith graduated from Clemson in May 2023 with a major in Marketing and a minor in Entrepreneurship. He received the Markvan Bellamy Brooks Endowed Scholarship in 2022. Throughout his time at Clemson, he utilized his studies to succeed in his internships with major sports teams such as the New York Giants and the New York Yankees.

How have you utilized your major/concentration in sports to help your career?

My major played a huge role in shaping my overall business knowledge and expertise, but the experiences I had outside the classroom is really what allowed me to learn the business of sports firsthand. Being able to see different facets of the industry throughout my time in college helped determine the direction I wanted to go post-grad, and gave an understanding of how they all work and interact.

What is your current role and where are you located?

I am currently with Genesco Sports Enterprises, a sports marketing consulting agency specializing in brand partnership strategy. I’m fortunate enough to help manage some of the largest portfolios in sports sponsorship out of our New York City office.

What has your journey been like since graduating from Clemson?

After graduation I took a season-long internship in the New York Jets corporate partnerships department. After 8 months there I took the job with Genesco as an Assistant Manager and have since been promoted to Manager.

What advice would you give to future Brooks Scholars as they approach post-grad?

There’s never a job or task too small and take advantage of every opportunity that comes your way.