Although this is my last post, this is not my last week with the College. My mentor asked me if I would like to stay at the college working part-time. Of course I accepted the offer because I have enjoyed what I did over the summer and I want to keep gaining experience. I have worked very hard with the new athletics website and I will continue to work hard. I am excited to continue working for Cayuga Community College Athletics.
This past week I worked on completing the website so it was ready to be put online. I was asked to add some more articles about new coaches, the new improvements of the athletics website. I also added some additional articles about acceptional athletes and MSAC players. These articles will be featured on the main athletics page as well as there respective sports pages.
The fall season has official started, both the men's and women's soccer teams are hard at work as well as the women's volleyball team. The problem with the fall sports is that teams only have 2 weeks to prepare their teams for the first game of the season. They have to get 2 scrimmages in and figure out their starters in 2 weeks. This is not easy for any of the coaches because both the men's and women's soccer coaches are new and the volleyball coach is only in her second year. With the athletic season underway I hope that Cayuga leaves their mark out on the field and volleyball court. GO SPARTANS!
Sunday, August 21, 2011
Monday, August 15, 2011
Week 9 Aug 8-11
I have had a lot of catching up to do because the coaches have been very hard at work trying to get the website up and running, we would have like to of had it up by Friday the 12th, but it just was not working out for us and hopefully we will have it up by Friday the 19th, which is still great timing because it means the website will be up and running before the start of the academic year.
This week my mentor asked the other coaches and myself to get in contact with potential sponsors for the new website. These potential sponsors would have two different options for sponsorship, a premium sponsorship package and a supporting sponorship package. These sponsorships would be seen on the new athletics website for Cayuga Community College. We tried to get the community involved by asking for sponorships around Cayuga, such as pizza shops and they would be considered "The Official Pizza Place of the Cayuga Spartans".
Another thing we had to do last week was put down the volleyball court because it was taken down in February so no one could ruin it when the lacrosse team had practice in the gym. This task took about 2 hours with 12 people putting it toghether. It is now ready to play on and the volleyball team will be hard at work for the next 2.5 months. Also both soccer teams are getting ready for the start of their season by figuring out jerseys and the number of players that will be coming in. Within the next week or so teams will be finalized and I will be putting together a spread sheet for each coach with players information such as Name, Phone Number, and E-MAIL address.
As my mentorship has been drawing to a close I have realized more and more what I want to do. I see how much work my mentor does even in the summer when he comes in a 7:00 in the morning and leaves at 5:30 at night day in and day out. I know that I want to be someone that the athletics department depends on and I plan to continue to follow my goals and keep my head high gaining more and more experience day in and day out. I realize more than ever that I want to be in the college athletic department setting some day, whether that is being an assistant or associate athletic director, or a full fledge athletic director.
This week my mentor asked the other coaches and myself to get in contact with potential sponsors for the new website. These potential sponsors would have two different options for sponsorship, a premium sponsorship package and a supporting sponorship package. These sponsorships would be seen on the new athletics website for Cayuga Community College. We tried to get the community involved by asking for sponorships around Cayuga, such as pizza shops and they would be considered "The Official Pizza Place of the Cayuga Spartans".
Another thing we had to do last week was put down the volleyball court because it was taken down in February so no one could ruin it when the lacrosse team had practice in the gym. This task took about 2 hours with 12 people putting it toghether. It is now ready to play on and the volleyball team will be hard at work for the next 2.5 months. Also both soccer teams are getting ready for the start of their season by figuring out jerseys and the number of players that will be coming in. Within the next week or so teams will be finalized and I will be putting together a spread sheet for each coach with players information such as Name, Phone Number, and E-MAIL address.
As my mentorship has been drawing to a close I have realized more and more what I want to do. I see how much work my mentor does even in the summer when he comes in a 7:00 in the morning and leaves at 5:30 at night day in and day out. I know that I want to be someone that the athletics department depends on and I plan to continue to follow my goals and keep my head high gaining more and more experience day in and day out. I realize more than ever that I want to be in the college athletic department setting some day, whether that is being an assistant or associate athletic director, or a full fledge athletic director.
Week 8 July 18-20
Things were very busy around the office, while trying to get the website set up. This has been no easy task because we are all working on the website together and are always having to contact the guy in charge of the website. We have been working very hard to make sure this website looks sharp and is ready to go by the start of the fall sports.
Contracts have been done and all the schedules are set and ready to for the start of the entire athletic year. The only things that need adjusting are the scrimmages for winter and spring because those coaches have not been in to figure out their scrimmages. Personally I think its great that the Athletic Director gets all of his contracts done at once because it is a bit slower in the summer time and he actually has time to do the contracts where as when it comes to for the acadmeic year to start it is a lot harder because people are so busy.
If there is one thing I would want to change to improve the athletics department at Cayuga Community College would be the addition of both a Sports Information Director, and a full time Athletics Trainer. The problem with not having a full fledge SID is that the stats are not always up to date, nor are the news articles up on the website as quickly. When it comes to a full time athletics trainer this may be harder due to the fact this is a community college. Right now its hard for the part time athletic trainer to work around the sports schedules since the academic year has not started. All the sports teams are practicing early in the morning and in the afternoon, unfortunately the trainer is only here from 3-5 making it hard for soccer players and volleyball players to get the proper taping done.
Contracts have been done and all the schedules are set and ready to for the start of the entire athletic year. The only things that need adjusting are the scrimmages for winter and spring because those coaches have not been in to figure out their scrimmages. Personally I think its great that the Athletic Director gets all of his contracts done at once because it is a bit slower in the summer time and he actually has time to do the contracts where as when it comes to for the acadmeic year to start it is a lot harder because people are so busy.
If there is one thing I would want to change to improve the athletics department at Cayuga Community College would be the addition of both a Sports Information Director, and a full time Athletics Trainer. The problem with not having a full fledge SID is that the stats are not always up to date, nor are the news articles up on the website as quickly. When it comes to a full time athletics trainer this may be harder due to the fact this is a community college. Right now its hard for the part time athletic trainer to work around the sports schedules since the academic year has not started. All the sports teams are practicing early in the morning and in the afternoon, unfortunately the trainer is only here from 3-5 making it hard for soccer players and volleyball players to get the proper taping done.
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