USD Men's Basketball 2009-2010

Josh Lawrence Dir. of Jenny Craig Pavilion

Dir. of Athletic Performance Training

1111--• Josh Lawrence begins his seventh year as the D irector of theJenny C raig Pavilion. H e came to USO after 7 years at UC San Diego, where his responsibilities included managing the RJ MJ-\C Arena. Here at USD,Josh's responsibilities

Stephane Rochet is in his third year as Di– recto r o f Ath letic Performance Training at USD. Prior to coming to USD, Rochet worked as an assistant strength coach at UCLA and at Indiana University and was a police o fficer in Newport Beach. Rochet received his Master's in Sports Ad–

include sch ed uling, staffi ng and all manage– ment aspects of th e Jenny Craig Pavilion . ln thi s capacity he wi LI manage the daily o perations o f the facility, including event management and marketing of the Pavilion. Josh received hi s B.S. from UC San Diego in 1993 with a double majo r in Political Science and U.S. History. Josh and his wife, Li sa, reside in San Diego, and welcomed th eir fi rst child, Anne E lizabeth, o n January 2, 2008. Branda Cook Asst. Dir. of Jenny Craig P avilion Branda Cook joined the University

ministratio n from the University of Ohio. In additio n, he ho lds the USAW Level 1 certification , Russian KettlebeLI Certification and is a certified Cross– Fit Instructor.

Ron Valenzuela Coor. of Student Athlete Services

Ron Valenzuela begins his seventh year with the University o f San Diego and his second in the position of Coordinator o f Student Athlete Services in th e D epart– ment of Athletics Ron wiLI administer the CH1\J.\!IPS/ Life Skills Prog ram, as well as prog rams in ca– reer development, community service,

o f San Diego as the Assistant Director of the Jenny Craig Pavilion in May 2006. She works in coordination with the Director of the Pavilion to ensure smooth facility op– eration with a focus o n student employee management and Liai son to other USD de– partments and vendo rs.

personal development and academic recognitio n. Ron is also the academic coun selor to footbaLI , baseball, and women's tenni s. Prio r to his current po– sition, he served as the Career Ser vices Coordinator and Career Counselor in USD's Career Services o ffice. Ro n earned hi s Bachelor of Arts in Public Admini stration from SDSU in 2001 and his Master o f Arts in Counseling from USO in 2008. Ron resides in Point Loma.

Branda began her employment at the University of San Diego in 2002 as the Assistant Director o f Operations for the E rnest Hahn University Center. She was respo nsible for th e clay-to-day operation of the facility ensuring a cl ean, fun and sa fe environment while motivating, mentoring and managing student staff that worked in the Center. Prior to USD, she taught Life Science and Physical Science at th e Community Learning Cen– ter fo r Mira Costa Communi ty College for six years. Additio nally, Branda served as the General Manager of two retail stores fo r fo ur years. J\ USO 1997 aluma with a B. A. Marine Science, emphasis in Bio lo– gy. Branda is currently working toward her Masters of Marine Science at USO

Brent LeVasseur Academic Counselor/ Compliance Coor.

Whitney Strain Athletics Operations Manager

Brent LeVasseur is beginning his second year in the Torero athletic department as th e Academic Counselor and Compliance Coordinator. H e comes to USO from UC River– side where he was the athletics ticket man– ager. Prio r to that, Brent was a compliance assistant at USD where hi s responsibilities

Whhney Strain is in her second year with USO, and fi rst in the position of athletic operations manager. \Xlhitney worked as the administrative assistant in the athletics administrative office for the past year. In addition to her regular duties of helping to run the main office, Whitney took on additional challenges working in cornpLiance and eligibility certification, as well as in operations - serving as operations as– sistant during the 2009 WCC Basketball Tournarnent in Las Vegas. Before corning to USO, Whitney was

included researching bylaws and interpretatio ns, determining initial eligibility, updating Web status reports, and reviewing recruiting logs. Brent also has experience as a volunteer child development specialist/ tutor at the Boys & Girls Club in Michigan and as an elementary school mentor/ coach and tu– tor. Brent earned hi s MBA in Sports Business Management at SDSU, where he was honored as the valedictorian . H e earned his BA at Kalamazoo College in Michigan, where he ma1ored in mathematics and mino red in busi– ness. H e also played foo tball and baseball, becoming baseball team captain and NfVP his senio r year.

the championships and marketing assistant at theWest Coast Conference office and did events management for Stanford University. \Xlhitney graduated fro m the University of l~wa with a B. f\ . in JournaLisrn and 1\ lass Cornrnunications and a B.B.t\ . in l\-larkcring. \X hile at Iowa she competed on the women's soccer ream. . _In her new position, Whitney will assume responsibility for all game-day operations, 111cluding supervision of security, parking, visiting team practices and locker morns, garne-day staffing, scheduling of officials, scheduling athletic facilities, and as– sisting with ticketing and event information.