This newsletter provides updates about the Graduate Program in Sport Management (GPSM) at California State University, Long Beach. It summarizes the Learning Team 24 and 27 Reception/Orientation/Colloquium event, the GPSM student trip to study sport in Japan, and upcoming internship opportunities for Learning Team 27 students through an Internship Roundtable with local sport organizations. It also provides alumni career updates and short reports on student involvement in community sport events.

1. IN THIS ISSUEIN THIS ISSUE
LT 24/27 ROC Ceremony P.1LT 24/27 ROC Ceremony P.1
Study Abroad Program in Japan P.2Study Abroad Program in Japan P.2
Internship Roundtable P.3Internship Roundtable P.3
Plane Pull P.3Plane Pull P.3
Students in the Biz P.4Students in the Biz P.4
VOLUMEVOLUME 5
ISSUEISSUE 33
AugustAugust
20142014
Developing Leaders in the Business of SportDeveloping Leaders in the Business of Sport
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Email: gpsm.ga@gmail.com
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Kinesiology Dept. Chair
Stephen E. Buchan -
Associate Director
Diane Higgs -
Manager of Student Affairs
Graduate Assistants
Earl Declet - LT 25
Colin Baines - LT 26
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Learning Team 24 & 27 ROCLearning Team 24 & 27 ROC -- August 4th, 2014August 4th, 2014
Long Beach, CA – USU Ballroom
The Graduate Program in Sport Management held its semi
-annual Reception / Orientation / Colloquium,
commonly referred to as the ‘ROC’, on August 4th, 2014.
The event honored the outstanding achievements of the
outgoing learning team, LT 24, and welcomed the new
learning team, LT 27, to the program.
The event was held in the University Student Union
Ballroom and attracted close to 230 students and family
members, the most attendees in the program’s history.
An additional 80 tuned in to watch the event from their
own homes via a live internet stream. Attendees were
treated to delicious appetizers and a special program
hosted by Dr. Sharon Guthrie, GPSM Program Director,
who gave the official welcome of the evening and intro-
duced the honored speakers.
A highlight of the evening was a surprise visit by Dr. Jane
Close Conoley, Long Beach State’s new President and her
husband Collie. She spoke briefly to congratulate LT 24 on
completing the program and welcome LT 27 to the
university.
The program welcomed LA 84 Foundation Vice President
of Partnerships and GPSM Advisory Committee member
Robert Wagner as the honored guest speaker and he
outlined the steps required to succeed in the business of
sport.
Graduating members of LT 24, Matthew Montes and
Mariana Patraca Dibildox were chosen by the capstone
review panels to present their outstanding Capstone
Projects at the event. Matthew’s capstone was titled: Flag
-Football: A Safe Avenue for Youth Development. Mariana
presented her project on: MLB Latino Grand Slam
Consulting Program.
Winners of the Outstanding Capstone from LT 24
included: Lisa Chow, Victoria Davis, Brittany Hayden, Paul
Leaf, Daniel Nelson and Travis Roberts. Recipients of the
4.0 Award were: Juan Covarrubias, Victoria Davis, Greg
Loza, Daniel Nelson, Ryan Polanco, Travis Roberts, Ashton
Stine, Anthony Tibaldi and Aaron Wheeler. Juan
Covarrubias won the Bill Shumard Beach Pride Award, Lisa
Chow won the 110% Award, and Mariana Patraca Dibildox
won the Outstanding Student Award.
To conclude the program, Victoria Davis was selected by
her peers in LT 24 to give the outgoing speech as the “LT
representative.” She delivered an inspiring message that
began by thanking all the faculty, staff and family who
helped and supported LT 24 through the program and
finished by encouraging her classmates to use the skills
and abilities they learned in the program to go forward
with their careers.
Above: Newly introduced
members of LT 27, ready
to begin the program, at
the conclusion of the Fall
2014 ROC.
Right: Members of LT 24
after being recognized for
their outstanding achieve-
ments and completion of
the program.

2. GPSM VISITS JAPAN!GPSM VISITS JAPAN!
GPSM students assisted the Long Beach Century Club
with the running of their recent Naples Island Swim and
Stand Up Paddling event held at Naples Island on August
9th. The event included a 3 mile swim and a 6 mile stand
up paddling event and attracted over 200 swimmers.
The Long Beach Century Club was founded in 1957 and is
a charitable organization that helps amateur athletics in
the City of Long Beach.
LONG BEACH CENTURY CLONG BEACH CENTURY CLUB EVENTSLUB EVENTS
Outstanding Sport
Management Student
Mariana Patraca Dibildox
Bill Shumard
Beach Pride Award
Juan Covarrubias
110% Award
Lisa Chow
LT 24 AWARDS
Above: Earl Declet, LT 25 at the Naples Island Swim and SUP.
Left: All American Soap Box Derby action at the Queen Mary.
Earl Declet (LT 25), Adriana Briones, Carol Martinez, Ross
Melen, Karn Borisuthiratana and Colin Baines (All LT 26)
assisted the Long Beach Century Club and the All Ameri-
can Soap Box Derby with staging the Queen’s Cup event
at the Queen Mary on August 23-24. The event was
featured on KTLA Channel Five.
LT 24 CAPSTONE
PRESENTATIONS
Sat July 26th, 2014
While most GPSM students took a step away
from the books during their summer vacation, a
group of ten students spent their summer
vacation on a two-week study abroad program to
Japan! The group spent twelve days in Sendai,
located in the northern region of Japan and
studied Japanese sport and culture at Sendai
University. This is the second group of GPSM
students to participate in the educational
exchange with Sendai University, and the visit
was another huge success! Led by the first
foreign General Manager of any Japanese baseball team and Vice President of Sendai University,
Marty Kuehnert, the group received the red carpet treatment as they were given stadium tours of
both the professional soccer and baseball stadiums
in Sendai (see photos), met with their front office
executives, followed by tickets to both games.
Students saw firsthand the similarities and
differences in how sport as a business is managed
in Japan. They also attended special classes
focused on collegiate sports, athletic training,
kendo, and sumo wrestling in Japan and even had
a traditional “chankonabe” dinner with retired su-
mo wrestler, Henry “Sentoryu” Miller. The students spent their final
weekend sightseeing in Tokyo. The trip was a once-in-a-lifetime
experience for the entire group, one that they’ll never forget. Domo
arigatou gozaimasu Sendai University for the great times!
Above: Group photo on the field at Yurtec Stadium in Sendai, Japan.
Middle: Group photo with Sendai University staff from Marty Kuehnert’s
rooftop apartment looking over downtown Sendai. Right: Photo from the
President’s Suite at Rakuten Kobo Stadium Miyagi, in Sendai.

3. On Saturday, July 12th,
Learning Team 25 visited RMD
Group, based here in Long
Beach, to learn more about
experiential marketing. RMD
Group one of the top 100
experiential marketing agen-
cies in the U.S. with clients
such as Ford, Red Bull, Degree
and Toyo Tires. CEO and
President Ralph Holguin shared
his moving story from detailing
cars to becoming a marketing
expert and how hard work can
carry you to your professional
aspirations. For more infor-
mation on RMD Group, please
visit http://rmdgroupinc.com/
One of the first exciting events that
newly admitted students into the
program attend is the Internship
Roundtable. The roundtable offers
the incoming learning team the
opportunity to sit down with local
companies in the sports industry and
participate in a “speed-interview”
session.
Here, students can network and leave
an impression with company
representatives in order to obtain an
internship. Every student in the
program is required to complete three
internship courses one each semester
in the program.
Many students in the program have witnessed
first-hand how internships lead to full-time
positions. The Fall 2014 Internship Roundtable
was held on August 14th at the Chartroom on
campus. Of the 22 company representatives
present at the Fall 2014 Internship roundtable,
a total of 10 were alumni of the program.
Companies that attended the roundtable
included: Long Beach State Athletics, Special
Olympics World Games, Special Olympics
Southern California, Big West Conference, Roy
Englebrecht Promotions and Fight Club OC, LA
Marathon, Ontario Fury Foundation, LA Galaxy,
Honda Center, Kinane Events, Rose Bowl
Stadium, UCLA Athletics, Orange County Youth
Sports Foundation, Ontario Reign and Cartan
Global. Thanks to our internship partners for
another successful Internship Roundtable!
LT 27 INTERNSHIP ROUNDTABLELT 27 INTERNSHIP ROUNDTABLE
Above: Members of LT 25 pictured
during their visit to the RMD Group.
Above: Members of LT 27, Alexandra Sanchez, Chantel Dooley and
Sophie David speak about internship opportunities with Drew
Englebrecht, from Roy Englebrecht Promotions / OC Fight Club
Above: Alumni/Current Student Internship Site Coordinators
at the Roundtable: Daniel Berditchevski (LT 17), Lisa Chow &
Kirsten Makowiec (LT 24), Kelli Gill (LT 25), Carleigh Smith
(LT 22), Derek Walsh (LT 20), Aiyana Welsh (LT 23), Shantel
Fair (LT 22), Cynthia Lilavois (LT 21) and Aaron Arak (LT 18).
SPECIAL OLYMPICS SO.CAL. PLANE PULLSPECIAL OLYMPICS SO.CAL. PLANE PULLLT 25 Site Visit to
RMD Group
Above: Brandon Urry (LT 24)
pictured at the reception for the
incoming cohort of students at
the University of Nebraska.
Brandon Urry from LT 24 has
recently taken up his new role
as Program Coordinator for the
MBA Program in Intercollegiate
Athletic Administration at the
University of Nebraska. The
Program welcomed its first
cohort of students at a
reception hosted at Memorial
Stadium recently.
GPSM Alum
Making Moves!
On August 23rd, 2014, Long Beach State’s Graduate
Program in Sports Management participated in the 9th
Annual Special Olympics Southern California Plane Pull.
The Plane Pull is a fun team competition that requires
teams to pull a 164,000 pound FedEx Airbus 310. All
proceeds will support more than 15,000 athletes with
intellectual disabilities who train and compete in life-
changing sports programs. This year, Special Olympics
Southern California fundraised $118,000; making it the
largest fundraising amount in SOSC’s Plane Pull history.
Above: LBSU GPSM ‘Pull Team,’ with Marco
Martinez, Honorary Pilot/SOSC Athlete, Diane
Higgs, Manager of Student Affairs, and Bill
Shumard, Advisory Committee Chair and
President/CEO of SOSC.
Right: LBSU GPSM tested their strength by
pulling the plane 12 ft. in only 6.2 seconds at
the Long Beach Airport.

4. Samantha Delagardelle from LT
13 had reason to celebrate
recently when the marketing
agency where she manages
client accounts was named the
2014 Ad Age Best Small Agency
in the West!
A2G has attracted clients
including Gap, Nintendo and
Old Navy by dreaming up cam-
paigns that have social and
digital activity threaded into
their fabric.
Congratulations Samantha!!
Melissa Alves (LT 21) is now the Coordinator of LAUSD Sports at Special Olympics Southern California.
Arielle Moyal (LT 22) is now Player Services/Kings Academy Coordinator at Sacramento Kings.
Kelli Gill (LT 25) is now Assistant Director of Marketing at Long Beach State Athletics.
Sonja Garnett (LT 18) is now Head Softball Coach at Academy of Art in San Francisco.
Bryan Cornet (LT 22) is now Director of Ticket Operations at UC Santa Barbara.
Justin Luthey (LT 21) is now Director of Football Ops. & Def. Line Coach at Claremont-McKenna College.
Maurisabel Quevedo (LT 26) is now Program Coordinator with Special Olympics Southern California.
Paul Leaf (LT 24) is now the Assistant Athletic Director at Lafayette Jefferson High School Athletics.
Cody Brown (LT 23) is now the Account Executive at Los Angeles Clippers.
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STUDENTS IN THE BIZSTUDENTS IN THE BIZ
ALUMNI UPDATES & NEW JOBSALUMNI UPDATES & NEW JOBS
Above: Lauren Scholz (LT 26) appointed as the
new head coach for the Long Beach Grunion
Masters Swim Team
Above: Kevin Vu (LT 27) with former Laker and
2-time champion Mark "Mad Dog" Madsen at
the Adidas Nations Basketball Tournament.
Above: The new floor at Cypress College
designed by Brandon Urry from LT 24.
Do you have information to
include in the next GPSM
Newsletter? Please e-mail us
at gpsm.ga@gmail.com with
your stories, pictures or
information.
Right of Kobe Bryant: Maurisabel Quevedo (LT
26) pictured at the Kobe Bryant Academy
Basketball Camp in July at UCSB
Second to Left: Megan
Geier (LT 25) pictured at
the Nike 3 on 3 Basketball
tournament at LA Live held
in August.
The event is the largest 3
on 3 basketball tournament
in California.
Congratulations!