matthew mitchell - University of Kentucky Athletics
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MEDIA INFO OPPONENTS HONORS HISTORY RECORDS REVIEW<br />
STAFF<br />
WILDCATS OUTLOOK KENTUCKY UK HOOPS<br />
Nathan<br />
Schwake<br />
Assistant Director <strong>of</strong> Marketing<br />
Nathan Schwake is in his second<br />
year as the Assistant Director<br />
<strong>of</strong> Marketing, his first directing the marketing<br />
efforts for the UK Hoops team. He also is responsible<br />
for the marketing and promotion efforts for<br />
baseball, men’s soccer, as well as assisting with the<br />
planning and execution <strong>of</strong> game day marketing at<br />
all home football and men’s basketball games.<br />
Prior to his current position, Schwake spent<br />
two years as a full-time intern in UK’s Marketing<br />
and Promotions department.<br />
During his time at UK, the men’s soccer team<br />
has seen a record attendance both for a single game<br />
(3,327) and season average (1,002 in 2005). Additionally,<br />
the 2008 <strong>Kentucky</strong> Baseball team saw a<br />
record for season tickets sold while setting single<br />
game, series and season attendance marks. During<br />
the record setting 2006 SEC Baseball Championship<br />
season, the team ranked 35th in average<br />
attendance in the nation, the highest such mark in<br />
the program’s history.<br />
Schwake graduated from Iowa State <strong>University</strong><br />
in December 2003 with a degree in marketing.<br />
During his final year at ISU, he worked in the athletic<br />
marketing <strong>of</strong>fice primarily working with the<br />
wrestling and s<strong>of</strong>tball programs. Schwake also<br />
spent the summer <strong>of</strong> 2003 as a game-day intern for<br />
the Des Moines Menace development league soccer<br />
club.<br />
The Nevada, Iowa, native is single and resides<br />
in Lexington.<br />
Christian<br />
Stefanopoulos<br />
Video Coordinator<br />
Women’s Basketball<br />
Christian Stefanopoulos<br />
begins her second year with the women’s basketball<br />
program as the coaching video coordinator.<br />
Her job duties include assisting the coaching staff<br />
in opponent scouting reports and coordinating all<br />
aspects <strong>of</strong> film exchange and video editing for<br />
opponents and team edits.<br />
Prior to UK, Stefanopoulos served as a graduate<br />
assistant coach during the 2006-07 season<br />
under Coach Matthew Mitchell at Morehead State<br />
<strong>University</strong>. Through the years, she also has worked<br />
as a coach at numerous basketball camps throughout<br />
the country.<br />
As a collegiate player, Stefanopoulos played<br />
two seasons at Austin Peay <strong>University</strong> in<br />
Allison<br />
Baldesare<br />
Graduate<br />
Assistant<br />
Marketing<br />
Kim<br />
Irwin<br />
Ticket Office<br />
Accountant/WBB<br />
Contact<br />
Logan<br />
Link<br />
Women’s Basketball<br />
Office Assistant<br />
THE MANAGERS<br />
Clarksville, Tenn., where she helped the Lady<br />
Governors advance to back-to-back (2002-03 and<br />
2003-04) Ohio Valley Conference and Tournament<br />
Championships, therefore catapulting them<br />
into the NCAA Tournament both seasons.<br />
Stefanopoulos transferred to Thomas More<br />
College in Crestview Hills, Ky., for her final two<br />
years <strong>of</strong> eligibility where she made an immediate<br />
impact on the squad. She earned team captain honors<br />
as a senior while leading the Saints to the 2005-<br />
06 Presidents’ Athletic Conference (PAC) Co-<br />
Champions title with a 20-8 overall record. For her<br />
efforts, she was named second team All-PAC.<br />
The Florence, Ky., native received her bachelor’s<br />
degree in exercise science from Thomas More<br />
in May <strong>of</strong> 2006 and is currently working on a master’s<br />
degree in sports administration at Morehead<br />
State.<br />
Angelique<br />
Moss<br />
Student Athletic<br />
Trainer<br />
(L to R): David Stefanopoulos, Lindsay Halligan, Donovan Rogers, Melinda Redinger, Dean DiMarco<br />
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