
Four high school teams from the Hoophall Classic made the trip down Route 91 for the game: Mater Dei (Calif.), South Atlanta (Ga.), Lincoln (N.Y.) and Mount Vernon (N.Y.)…Jarrid Famous, a 6-11 center from Westchester Community College, is expected to attend the game. Famous is being courted by both UConn and Seton Hall, as well as New Mexico, DePaul, West Virginia, Missouri and others….Seton Hall assistant Scott Adubato watched Quincy Hankins of Polk (Fla.) Community College drop 24 points on St. Petersburg Saturday in Winter Haven, Fla….Dermon Player, another Seton Hall assistant, is flying to Seattle to check out 6-5 sophomore shooting guard Tony Wroten of Seattle (Wash.) Garfield. Wroten (pictured above) is considering Louisville, Syracuse, Villanova, Memphis, Maryland, Seton Hall and Washington, according to an interview he gave last summer with Alex Schwartz.
SPORTS CAREER SEMINAR TUESDAY
I’m involved in a Sports Career Seminar on Tuesday at the Yogi Berra Museum at Montclair State University hosted by Diamond Sports. In case anyone wants to come check it out and learn about the sports industry, here are the various panelists:
10:00-11:00 AM Media and Journalism
David Kaplan, Moderator Steve Politi, Columnist, Newark Star Ledger Barry Wilner, Associated Press Adam Zagoria, SportsNet New York (SNY) Allen St. John, Author and Reporter Art Berke, COO, Yogi Berra Museum & Learning Center, former VP Comm, SI11:00 to 12:00PM Sales and Marketing Jeffrey Taylor, Sr Director Sports Management, ESPN Marty Rotberg, Consultant, Former VP Velocity Sports Matt Cacciatto, SVP Affiliate Sales & Mktg, YES Network Ben Wittkowski, GM, Sussex Skyhawks Baseball Club Sheereen Miller, MTV, Formerly w/Sports Illustrated
12:00- 12:30 Networking and Lunch
12:30-1:30 Keynote Speaker(s) and Panel
Lou Lamoriello, General Manager, New Jersey Devils Richard Ensor, Commissioner Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference John Samerjan, VP Public Affairs & Communications NJ Sports & Expo Authority1:30 –2:00 Break/Networking
2:00 –3:00 Entrepreneurship
Shawn Garrity, CEO Union Square Sports Marc Zwerdling, CEO Generation Z Marketing Jordan Kern, CEO My Sports Dreams John Lane, SVP Partnerships and Media, Major League Gaming Dave Popkin, VP/Partner, Positive Impact Partners Mitch Hoffman, Bobby Valentine Sports Academy3:00 PM-4:00 Sports Career Development
Moderator: Walter J. Recher, Diamond Sports Business Careers Scott Carmichael, CEO Prodigy Sports Janine Fortunato, NY Yankees, Coordinator, Corporate Sales and Sponsorships Lee Igel, Professor Sports Program, NYU Dave Torromeo, Director, Manhattanville College, Sport Business ManagementFor info and Directions to The Yogi Berra Museum and Learning Center
Tel 973.655.2378