George Rodriguez

Coordinator for Varsity Sports and External Relations

Email: rodriguez_george@wheatonma.edu
Office: Haas Athletic Center
Phone: 508-286-3762
Fax: 508-286-8249

Profile

George Rodriguez has been hired as the coordinator for varsity sports and external relations. Among his many responsibilities, Rodriguez will join the department's senior management staff.

"I am absolutely thrilled to be at Wheaton," said Rodriguez. "Growing up in Massachusetts and competing and coaching against Wheaton track and field teams, I am well aware of the rich history and tradition of Wheaton athletics. With the outstanding student, faculty and administrative support at Wheaton, I couldn't think of a better place to advance my career in intercollegiate athletics. I am looking forward to doing whatever it takes to help Wheaton athletics continue to provide its students with the best athletic experience possible."

Rodriguez, a 2006 graduate of Williams College, will provide day-to-day assistance and leadership in the areas of athletic administration pertaining to fundraising, enhancing the athletic department's role in the Lyons Athletic Club, event supervision, hosting of postseason championship events, compliance and the work-study budget. He is also slated to serve as a departmental representative on college-wide committees.

"George's experience as a student-athlete and coach, as well as his professional experience in administration and with NCAA Championships, makes him a great fit for what we do at Wheaton," said Associate Director of Athletics John Sutyak. "We are very excited to have someone of George's qualifications join our staff. We will look to George to enhance the support services we provide our student-athletes and coaches."

Rodriguez has had an abundance of experience in leadership positions, including last school year when he served as a graduate assistant men's track and field coach at Springfield College and the head boys' and girls' track and field coach at Minnechaug Regional High School in Wilbraham. In the fall of 2007, he was a tournament director for a pair of college volleyball tournaments while managing athletic events at Springfield.

For much of the 2007-08 academic year, Rodriguez also worked in the Westfield State College athletic department, where he maintained the budget, assisted with maintenance of the athletics Web site, was a contest manager and performed academic support services. During the prior school year, Rodriguez worked in the Springfield Office of Graduate Studies, organizing orientations and open houses for prospective students, and was the assistant coordinator for the NCAA Division III New England Baseball Tournament.

Rodriguez has been involved with numerous community service projects, and he also worked as a congressional intern on Capitol Hill in the summer of 2004 for Congressman Richard E. Neal. During the summer of 2006, Rodriguez was a program director for William E. Simon & Sons in Los Angeles, where he designed a fitness curriculum to be employed by the L.A. Unified School District and managed multi-million-dollar grants for the non-profit Sound Body Sound Mind fitness program, which provides urban high schools with athletic equipment.

A four-year member of the Williams track and field team, Rodriguez was a 2006 All-American. The East Longmeadow native earned his bachelor's degree in economics and is slated to complete his master's at Springfield in physical education with a concentration in athletic administration this summer.

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