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.