This document contains a summary of Genese A. Lavalais' education and work experience in sport administration. It includes information on her undergraduate and graduate degrees from Southern Arkansas University and Grambling State University. It also outlines her previous roles as a basketball coach and various internships and projects completed as part of her graduate studies in areas like marketing, event management, and compliance. Her most recent professional experience includes working as an Athletic Academic Advisor at Alabama State University.

1. “ For tomorrow belongs to those who
prepares for it today.”
-African Proverb

2. Bio Marketing Legal Liability
Event
Transcript Ethics
Management
Sport
Coaching Sport Finance
Governance
Research Nutrition Motto

3. Greetings! My name is Genese A. Lavalais. I am
from Marksville, LA. I was born May 11, 1981 to
Alvin Lavalais & Lisa Gougis. I have two siblings
Ashley & Josh Lavalais. I am a graduate of
Southern Arkansas University in Magnolia, AR. I
am graduate of Grambling State University where
I received my master’s degree in Sport
Administration. I am excited to be in this fast pace
field. I consider my self to be a leader in every
thing that I do. My goal is to be a sponge and soak
up every thing that I can to become a successful
Sport Administrator.
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4. Southern Arkansas
University
1999-2004
Grambling State
Marksville High School
University
1995-1999
2006-2007

5. •2004-2006 Junior Varsity Head Basketball Coach
•2004-2006 Assistant Basketball Coach
•Created & Implemented Strength & Conditioning Workout plan
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6.  Records
 2004- 2005
 Regular Season
 District Play 10-0 District Champs
 Playoffs Quarter Finalist
 2005-2006
 Regular Season 23-11
 District Play 10-0 District Champs
 Playoffs Semi- Finalist
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Grambling
State
University
Grambling Grambling
State State
University University

8.  I wrote a prospectus entitled, Differences in
self-efficacy among female adolescents
involved or not involved in sport. The purpose
of this study was to examine whether or not
participation in a sport leadership conference
improves self esteem among adolescents.
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9.  Beuadion, R., Calvin, L.& Lavalais, G.(2006). Internships. Paper presented at
Louisiana Physical Education, Recreation, & Dance (LaPHERD), Baton Rouge,
Louisiana.
 Presided for Inaugural College of Education Research Symposium. Spring 2007
 Lavalais, G. & Hall, C. ( 2007). Promoting Sport to Adolescent Females. Paper
presented at 15th European Association for Sport Management (EASM), Torino,
Italy.
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2007

10. I created a Marketing Plan in this class. My
marketing Plan was called “Next Level”. This
marketing plan targeted young high school
athletes and college coaches. The goal was to
get the athlete exposure, as well as get the high
schools and colleges & universities to buy into
my product.
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marketing plan

11.  3nd Annual Wright-Ponton Basketball Tourn.
 NAGWS/ Grambling State University
Operation: Girls Take Lead
 I was a speaker at Operation Girls Take Lead.
This was a day long workshop for female
adolescents age 10-13. I presented material on
Health & Nutrition.
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12.  These are some flyers and brochures I put
together for different events.
 I also create scout reports to help market high
school athletes aspiring to play on a collegiate
level.
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Ponton
brochure report
flyer

13.  The National Dodge Ball Association, was a
mock league created by the SPA class. With in
this league, we created four teams. I was the
owner of the Chicago Flames, located in
Chicago, IL. My duties as an owner included the
following:
 Hire employees
 Interview applicants
 Conduct team meetings and training Click here to
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 Create job description
 Oversee the teams whole project
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14. In Sport Nutrition, we learned how to customize
eating plans for young athletes. We learned
what foods to eat before and after games. We
cooked foods from recipes from the book.
I presented “ Losing Weight Without Starvation”.
This presentation was geared towards female
athletes who wants to lose weight, but don’t
know how to go about it the correct way.
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& family tree presentation
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15. In Legal Liability, we learned the different legal
systems, and how it relates to sport. We wrote
articles once a week on topics relating to sport.
We also were given cases once a week to write
legal briefs on.
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briefs

16. In this course we were asked to debate on
controversial topics. I was on the against side,
so I had to debate against on every issue
whether or not agreed or disagreed with the
topic.
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17. In this course we created a business plan.
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plan.
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18. Louisiana State University
Fall 2007
August-December 2007
Athletic Administration

19. At LSU, I was able to gain quality
experience. My job was to ensure that
all participants were safe at each event.
My duties were as follows:
Event Management: (Event Management
Software)
Create EM overall timeline for each
sport
Create Thank You letters for ALL
areas/workers after each season
Create Event Personnel Handbook
(for Marshals & TT)
Description of duties
Game Day schedule
Evacuation Plan
Stadium/Arena/Field Policies
Parking Maps
Stadium/Arena/Field Seating Maps

20. Tickets: (PACLON)
I assisted in processing tickets, inputting Data,
answering Calls, and inputting Payroll.

21. Compliance: (LSDBi & CAi)
Assisted with monitoring recruiting, coaches,
athlete employment, distributed educational
materials, research rules, and compiled data.
Familiar with LSDBi, & CAi

22.  Although I didn’t work in this department, I
initiated learning what this department does.
Marketing and Promotions work closely with
the event management, tickets, and sports
departments. I volunteer my time with
promotions at different games. I also have
knowledge of click effects, and writing scripts.

23. I am an Athletic Academic Advisor for Alabama State
University. I currently work with Baseball, Bowling,
Volleyball, Women’s Basketball, and Men’s and
Women’s Tennis. I am also the Co-Advisor for
CHAMPS/ Life skills, and SAAC.

24. “ For tomorrow belongs to those
who prepares for it today.”
-African Proverb
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