Jameson Pelkey MSSL Video
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Want to turn your sports passion into a career? Well, thanks in part to Endicott College’s sport management and sport leadership programs, Jameson Pelkey ’07 M’09 is already living that dream at St. John’s Prep.Text Transcript
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- My name is Jameson Pelkey.
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I'm the Athletic Director
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here at St. John's Prep in Danvers, Mass.
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I got my undergraduate degree from Endicott in 2007,
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and my graduate degree from Endicott
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in 2009.
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I'm very fortunate to be in this position,
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and at a school such as St. John's.
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We have 22 sport offerings
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in three seasons,
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fall, winter and spring.
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We are a Division 1 school,
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and we play amongst the top competition,
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not only in the state, but throughout New England.
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My goals in this new role
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would be to just to really continue on the tradition
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of excellence that we've had here at St. John's
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for the past, over 100 years,
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and to really work closely with our coaches
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and student athletes.
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And starting more initiatives
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in regard to a student leadership program.
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Not only our older kids,
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but working with our younger kids as well.
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When I, you know, went to Endicott,
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and was involved with the bachelor's program,
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getting involved with those courses,
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and working with those professors,
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kind of led me in this athletic administration,
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kind of direction.
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Through the bachelor's degree,
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and getting back involved with the graduate program,
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at that time
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the Athletic Administration title,
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and now with the Sport Leadership title,
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being able to work with those professors
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through those specific courses was extremely helpful,
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because they're professionals in that line of sport
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or whatever the topic or the course may be,
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that they experience on a day to day.
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And they are the ones that are going through it,
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and have the experiences,
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and that you can relate to,
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and you can ask questions about, if you have one.
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You know, I'm in the situation now,
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what I've seen over the last few years,
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if I run into a specific situation
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or know that something may be coming up
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where I have a question on something,
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I can reach back out to those individuals
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to, you know,
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to ask them a question or to shoot an idea off of them.
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To be able to coordinate and communicate with them
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is extremely helpful.
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It's been a great resource to be able to use those people,
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with their expertise and their opinion,
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depending on what the situation may be.
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To be able to have discussions, online forums with them
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throughout the graduate program,
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to be able to create those relationships,
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and ask them questions,
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and bounce ideas off of each other,
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and just build up a network of people that you can turn to,
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and rely on when needed.
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So I'm very fortunate to have been a part of it.
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The flexibility of the online platform
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was extremely beneficial.
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Now, working full-time, you know, owning a home,
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and doing those things outside of here,
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obviously takes up some time.
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But being involved here in my position and profession
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takes a lot of time as well.
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So having the flexibility to be able to do stuff
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on the nights and weekends,
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where you have a little more time
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to be able to put some time, energy and effort
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into graduate-level courses was extremely helpful.
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In general, if someone has a passion for sports,
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and that's what they want to do for a living,
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and make a career out of it,
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is a 100 percent, no-brainer
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for them to definitely get involved with that program,
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and to explore if from there.