JMU Students Mingle with Sports Pros

JMU’s Department of Sport and Recreation Management took 30 students to the Sports Industry Networking and Career (SINC) Conference at George Washington University in February. The conference, which drew students from colleges across the East coast, featured a lineup of top sports industry executives who led panel discussions on topics such as sport tourism, sports industry trends, sport sponsorship and player operations, sports entrepreneurship and sports media and marketing. The students had numerous opportunities to network with industry leaders, including former NBA player Pops Mensah-Bonsu, who is now an advanced pro scout for the San Antonio Spurs. 

“This was an invaluable opportunity for our students to get information about sport and recreation management careers directly from the source,” says Tom Martin, lecturer in the Hart School of Hospitality, Sport, and Recreation Management. “For this area of the country, there’s  probably not a better opportunity to have access to all those top sports executives at one site.”