Syracuse University Baseball Statistics and Sabermetrics Club members Jeremy Losak, Brandon Lane, Willie Kniesner, Olivia Lavelle, and Evan Weiss participated in a SABR Diamond Dollars Competition at Columbia University in New York City in early November. This team of students, along with eight other schools, was tasked with ranking the top 10 pitchers in the 2015-16 free agent market. This year’s crop of free agents is the deepest it has been in over a decade, with multiple ace-level pitchers available. Through the ranking process, they needed to project each pitchers’ future performance, evaluate what the player would make on the…
By Margie Chetney, Sport Management As a little girl, Alexis LaCombe dreamed of playing professional ice hockey, but never thought her dream would come true. Until now. On August 18, 2015, LaCombe, a 2015 Sport Management graduate, flew to Austria, where she joined the roster of the Vienna Sabres of the Elite Women’s Hockey League (EWHL). “Although my job is different from what I was planning on after college graduation, playing professional hockey is something I dreamed of as a child, but never thought it was possible for women,” she said. “Now that I am a young woman, not only…
The Sport Management (SPM) Club at Syracuse University announced The Salvation Army® of Syracuse as the beneficiary of its 11th Annual Charity Sports Auction. Slated for December 2nd in the backcourt of the Carrier Dome, the auction will take place in conjunction with the SU men’s basketball game vs. Wisconsin. The SPM Club is a student-run organization in the Falk College’s Sport Management Department. “The Salvation Army is blessed by the generous support it receives from individuals, organizations and companies in our community. We are thrilled to be the recipient of the proceeds from the 11th annual Charity Sports Auction…
The Sport Management (SPM) Club at Syracuse University is a recipient of the 2015 Outstanding Youth in Philanthropy Award by the Association of Fundraising Professionals of Central New York’s Board of Directors and the Chapter’s National Philanthropy Day Committee. The Outstanding Youth in Philanthropy Award is given to an outstanding youth individual or group with a commitment to philanthropy, and giving back to their community through leadership that is effective, creative and stimulating. The committee noted that the SU Club is receiving the award “because of your efforts on behalf of causes that are important to you.” The Sport Management…
Faculty, staff, students available to talk about programs, coursework, student life Syracuse University faculty, staff and current students will welcome potential graduate students interested in the Falk College’s graduate programs in child and family studies, public health, marriage and family therapy, nutrition science, social work and sport management during a special Fall Information Session for graduate studies on Friday, November 6. The presentation begins at 4:00 p.m. at Falk College, Room 200. Detailed information will be provided on graduate programs in addiction studies, child and family studies (M.A., M.S., Ph.D.), food studies (M.S.), global health (M.S.), marriage and family therapy (M.A.),…
On Friday, October 23, Falk College Dean, Diane Lyden Murphy, along with students, faculty, and staff, will lead a special dedication ceremony to commemorate the opening of the new home of the David B. Falk College of Sport and Human Dynamics. The event will take place at 2:00 p.m. directly in front of the courtyard linking MacNaughton and White Halls, which formerly housed the College of Law. The dedication ceremony will be followed by a reception and student-led tours. At 3:15 p.m. the premiere of the documentary, David Falk: Agent of Change will be shown in Grant Auditorium. In a career spanning five decades, David Falk set the market for how…
Brandon Steiner ’81 will receive Syracuse University’s highest alumni honor, The Arents Award, on October 23. He has continued his commitment to Syracuse University and its students through service to Falk College and its Department of Sport Management as a member of its Advisory Council, which he currently chairs, and as a teacher and guest lecturer in several classes. “We are deeply privileged for the opportunity to work with Brandon. His life exemplifies the best qualities of Orange spirit-the willingness to work hard, a genuine concern for others, and a sincere desire and willingness to change the lives of others…
Chang Hwan Oh was not good at yelling at people. He’s soft-spoken with a calm demeanor. But when he was selected as a drill instructor for the Republic of Korea Army, he didn’t have much of a choice. “I couldn’t yell at people, but in the army I had to. That was something I’d never done, but later I got used to it,” Oh said. Oh is a 22-year-old second-year student at Syracuse University. Between his freshman and sophomore years he spent 21 months in charge of recruits at a training battalion in Daegu, South Korea. His service fulfilled…
Sport Management sophomore Sarah Gardner works in public relations for Syracuse University Athletics. After events at the Carrier Dome are finished, Gardner assists with the press conferences, taking quotes for cuse.com and aiding reporters, sitting alongside the players and coaches.
Three years ago, Sport Management graduate Max Levitt ’11 founded a nonprofit called Leveling the Playing Field, whose mission is to improve the opportunity for low-income families to get involved in youth sports through the donation of used/excess sporting equipment. While a student at SU, Levitt spent three seasons as an equipment manager with the Syracuse University football program, and said he inspired to research how to get used sporting equipment into the hands of underprivileged children and low-income families. “Every day, I communicate with various sources of donated sporting equipment from collegiate athletic departments, youth sports leagues, and families,”…