Serving Today’s Student-Athlete: Grand Canyon’s Jamie Boggs

“We are fluid, flexible, and adapt, we are innovative, remain solution-oriented, and solve problems so we can serve our student-athletes and university at the highest level like we always have. We are no excuses kind of university.” -Jamie Boggs Jamie Boggs is the Interim Vice President of Athletics for Grand Canyon University in Phoenix. With […]

Serving Today’s Student-Athlete: Rhode Island AD Thorr Bjorn

“One of the hardest parts about it is that they are not here. On our campus, we only have a handful of student-athletes and even with those, we get so little face-to-face interaction. I know our coaches have been doing a great job communicating and having Zoom meetings, etc. I’ve been in on a few […]

Serving Today’s Student-Athlete: Kennesaw State AD Milton Overton

“The number one priority for us is to make sure we continue to have student-athlete opportunities. We may have to reduce some of the things that we do, but at the end of the day, we will still offer opportunities to gain this great higher education experience, that’s what we are all about.” – Milton […]

Serving Today’s Student-Athlete: Stony Brook AD Shawn Heilbron

“I’ve chosen to operate with total transparency, sharing information that I have and there’s that balance between optimism and reality. I’m an extremely positive person, that’s what our department is built on, creating a positive experience for student-athletes, coaches, and staff.” – Stony Brook Director of Athletics Shawn Heilbron Shawn Heilbron has not lost his […]

Serving Today’s Student-Athlete: Hofstra University AD Rick Cole, Jr.

“I always ask the question, ‘how can I help?’ This is new territory for all of us, so if you are the leader of an organization, it’s one of the more important things we do is ask that question. It applies to our coaches, student-athletes and our fanbase.” Rick Cole, Jr. is the Director of […]

Northeastern’s Jeff Konya on Creating a First-Class Student-Athlete Experience

“Ours is a singular student-athlete experience, it’s at the heart of what we do here.” Jeff Konya was named Northeastern’s 10th athletic director in January of 2018 and since day one he’s focused on an exceptional student-athlete experience within his department. “The joy of what I do is the interaction with the student-athletes on a […]