IU Indianapolis students share their experiences and any projects in which they have participated.
by Geoffre Sherman with Ryan Fletchall, Lindsay Modjeski, and William Weng Back in November, working with Dr. David Pierce, I had the thought of bringing a student quartet together to compete in the Dr. Samantha Roberts Case Study Competition at the 2025 Applied Sport Management Association (ASMA) Conference in Cincinnati. It all came together when… Read more »
At the end of January 2025, I had an incredible experience competing in the National Collegiate Sports Sales Championship in Atlanta, GA, hosted by Baylor University and the Atlanta Hawks.
For the second consecutive fall semester, the students in the TESM-G 299 Exploratory Aspects of Esports Event Production course successfully developed and executed an eSports event on campus. After spending months recruiting students to compete and developing a script while learning the foundations of eSports, live streamed events, and how to stream live events, the… Read more »
The sport sales class I teach at IU Indianapolis set a record for revenue generated in the sales center project this semester selling for the Indy Fuel. I can attribute the success of the class this semester to three significant factors.
by The SII Team During the 2024 NBA All-Star Weekend, the IU Indianapolis Sports Innovation Institute, in conjunction with the School of Informatics, presented a panel on Sports Analytics featuring recent alumni working in the sport industry. Four graduates joined us to discuss how they got their job in sports analytics, what the industry looks… Read more »
Written by: Bowe Brooks At the beginning of March, I had the opportunity to compete in the National Collegiate Sports Sales Championship held in Atlanta, GA. This competition is presented by Baylor University and the Atlanta Hawks who are gracious enough to host the event in State Farm Arena. Here is a brief overview directly from… Read more »
Written by: Cody Kriner During the fall of 2022, I took Dr. Pierce’s “Selling in the Sport Industry” course. The course armed me with the tools and tactics necessary to confidently approach a sales pitch to any variety of potential sales clients. The course then gave us real world experience in the form of 200+… Read more »
My name is Shane Mattingly and I am a senior at IUPUI studying Sport Management at IUPUI. My sport sales class sells tickets for the Indianapolis Indians and the Indy Fuel through the Sports Innovation Institute, and the commission revenue generated from this projected helped to fund my travel to Cleveland for the Teamwork Online Sport… Read more »
by Rishi Chandran, IUPUI Sport Management and Analytics Undergraduate Student My name is Rishi Chandran. I’m currently finishing up my 4th year at IUPUI, where I’ll graduate with a Master’s in Applied Data Science & a Bachelor’s in Sports Management. Throughout the past 4 years, I’ve been lucky enough to take advantage of numerous opportunities… Read more »
My name is Austin Anderson and I’m a data science intern for Upper Hand. This is my first real foray into the industry and it has already taught me so many valuable pieces of information that it’s really hard to condense them all into one coherent blog post.
