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Athletic Administration Staff

Andy Fee, Asst. AD f or Athletic Facilities & Operations Andy Fee is in his fourth year at USD, and his third in the position ofAssistant Director ofAthletics for Facilities and Operations. Fee assists John Martin in overseeing all the scheduling, fie ld maintenance and purchasing for the department's athletic venues. He also is the sport superviser for women's soccer, men's & women's

Briana Ruff, Assistant AD for Marketing

Briana Ruff was hired this past January into the position of Assistant Athletic Director fo.r Mar– keting. She oversees corporate sponsorship sales, ticket sales, marketing and promotions. Prior to joining the USD staff, Briana was employed by Anschutz Entertainment Group in Los

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Angeles and New York as a manager of corporate sales and marketing. Ad– ditional experience includes sponsorship sales and marketing positions with ISL Worldwide, Hampton Classic Horse Show in New York and The Asia Sport Group in Hong Kong. She began her career in television, with experience at ESPN, CBS 60 Minutes, NHK Television and STAR Sports. She received her B.A. from University ofCalifornia at Berkeley, and her M.B.A. from Columbia Business School. Chris Morales, Coordinator ofPromotions Chris Morales was hired this past July into the position of Marketing & Promotions Coordina– tor. He oversees all promotional activities for USD Athletics, client services for corporate sponsorship, group activities and on/off campus organizational involvement at athletic events. Prior to USD,Chris worked at Louisiana State University as Graduate Marketing Assistant overseeing women's soccer, men's basketball , baseball, and corporate sponsor fulfillment. Before LSU, Chris spent time with the Virginia Tech Athletic Development serving briefly as interim director of marketing and helped coordinate NCAA events with women's basketball, golf, and soccer. Chris is a 2004 graduate of Virginia Tech where he earned his B.A. in Marketing Management. He is from Ashburn, Virginia. Dean Aresco Strength & Conditiontng Coach Dean Aresco is in his fifth season as USD 's Strength and Conditioning Coach. - He came to USD via Towson State University where he was their head coach for three seasons. Additional professional experiences include stints at the University of Connecticut as a Gradu– ate Assistant, and at the U.S. Olympic Training Center in San Diego as the Interim Strength and Conditioning Coordinator. He earned his B.S. in Exercise Physiology in 1995 from the Uni– versity of Connecticut, and recently completed his M.A. degree there in the same ~eld. A NSCA Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist, he al so 1s _certified through USA weight lifting. Additionally, he holds memberships wllh NSCA, the U.S. Weightlifting Federation, and the American College of Sports Medicine.

Fee came to USD from Arizona State University where he was As– sistant Director of Facility Operations for Athletics for two seasons. Before that he was Facility Supervisor for the ASU Student Recreation Complex. Besides his work at ASU , he developed Athletics and Management skills with the NFL Cardinals, Fiesta Bowl and PGA Phoenix Open. From Scottsdale, Arizona, he earned his B.A. in Political Science with a minor in History in 1996 from Arizona State University. Andy and his wife, Nicole, reside in San Diego. Nick Mirkovich Assistant Media Relations Director Nick Mirkovich begins his fifth season as the Asst. Dir. of Media Relations where he oversees a number of USD 's athletic programs. His duties include coordinating radio and TV productions, producing media guides, press releases, brochures and game programs. Nick played a key role in the design of USD 's athletic website. He handles the play-by-play webcast announcing for a majority of baseball's road games. In May of 2000 he received a B.A. in Business Management from Pacific University in Forest Grove, Oregon. His professional experience includes working with three different professional football organizations and three collegiate media relations departments. Nick was hired by the NFL's league office in New York to serve as the primary Media Relations contact for the Amsterdam Admirals of NFL Europe in 200 I after interning with the New England Patriots in 2000. Josh Lawrence begins his third year as the Director of the Jenny Craig Pavilion. He came to USD after 7 years at UC San Diego, where his re– sponsibilities included managing the RIMACArena. Josh's duties included coordinating all events, from athletic competition to the presentation of concerts and special events, as well as maintenance throughout the Sports Facilities at UC San Diego. Here at USD,Josh 's responsibilities will include scheduling, staffin g and all management aspects of the Jenny Craig Pavilion. In thi s capacity he will manage the daily operations of the facility, including event management and marketing of the Pavilion. Josh received his B.S. from UC San Diego in 1993 with a double major in Political Science and U.S. History. Josh and his wi fe, Lisa, res ide in San Diego. Derek Hillestad JCP Asst. Director/Events Manager Derek Hillestad begins hi s fourth year as Ass istant Director of the Jenny Craig Pav ilion and Events Manager. He came to USD from Ball State University sor for the RCA Dome in Indianapoli s, Indiana. He also earned job related experience as an Event Operati ons Supervi sor for Alliant Energy Center in Madison,Wisconsin;as a ProgramAssistant for the Department of Recreational Sports at Texas A&M; and as Event Co-Coordinator for the Department of Recreation Management at the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse. He graduated from Wisconsin-La Crosse with a B.S. in Recreation Management (2000), and received his M.S. in Athletic Admini stration from Ball State University in July of 2002. where he was a Graduate Assistant for Sports Facili– ties and Recreation Programs in 200 1-02. During thi s time he was also a Security Control Supervi– Josh Lawrence, Director of Jenny Craig Pavilion

Hans Straub McNamara Fitness Center Director/ Asst.Strength & Conditioning Coach Hans Straub is in his fourth year at USD but enter his second full season in the position of As– sistant Strength & Conditioning Coach and Director of the McNamara Fitness Center. He came to USD in 2002 but took over these duties full -time this past

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. He came to USD via Towson State University where he was a light end on the football team for two years and earned a B.S. degree in 2002 m _Sports Management. Prior to Towson he played two years of football at Millersville in Pennsylvania. From Camp Hill, Pennsylvania he graduated from high school in 1998 after earning letters in three sports - football , basketball and baseball. This Fall he'll begin a Master's Program in Excercise Science through the University of Texas-El Paso