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Labor Day List: ASU Alumni in Sun Devil Athletics

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Take a walk through the halls of the Ed and Nadine Carson Student-Athlete Center, and you're bound to run into one of more than 50 Sun Devil graduates who still call Tempe home.
 
From national champion coaches to athletic trainers to senior administrators, ASU is well-represented in the Sun Devil Athletic Department as degrees vary from history to higher education.
 
Check out the list below of all the Sun Devil Athletic Department employees who have earned their degrees at Arizona State.
 
Sun Devil Graduates Around and in Sun Devil Athletics


Former Sun Devil Student-Athletes 

Herbie Behm, Assistant Swim Coach (B.S. Psychology, 2013)
– Swam at Arizona State from 2010-2013.

Adam Blossey, Director of Operations Men's Ice Hockey (B.S., Business Finance, 2005)
– From 2001-05, Adam played for ASU's ACHA DI team, serving as a team captain his junior and senior seasons, named team MVP from 2002-05, three-time All-American Honorable Mention, and two-time ACHA Academic All-American. In 2005, he finished his career as a selection for the World University Games with Team USA in Innsbruck, Austria. He was inducted into the ASU Hockey Hall of Fame in 2009.
 
Jean Boyd, Senior Associate Athletic Director (B.A. Liberal Arts, History, 1994/M. Ed. Higher Education, 1998)
– Boyd played football under Bruce Snyder in 1991 and 1993.

Michelle Estill, Assistant Women's Golf Coach (B.S., Business Management, 1989)
– Estill and coach Farr-Kaye both played under Linda Vollstedt at Arizona State. She was the NCAA runner-up at the 1986 Championship and was Farr-Kaye's assistant when the Sun Devils won the NCAA team title in 2017.

Get to know our assistant coach @MichelleEstill's story, live now on https://t.co/EJXnNSJqpY. We're a little biased but we think she's one of the best #SunDevilTradition https://t.co/TvQoc085d1

— Sun Devil W. Golf (@SunDevilWGolf) September 26, 2018

Missy Farr-Kaye, Head Women's Golf Coach (B.A., Organizational Communication, 1990)
– Farr-Kaye recently led the Sun Devil women's golf team to an NCAA team title in 2017. She played for the Sun Devil golf program and was on the team that won the 1990 NCAA title.

From being a member of national championship teams from 1990, 2009, to 2017, @missymkaye is a #SunDevil4Life #tbt pic.twitter.com/7qDll76XHo

— Sun Devil W. Golf (@SunDevilWGolf) August 31, 2017
 
Macey Gardner, Assistant Volleyball Coach (B.A., Business Communication, 2015)
– Standout outside hitter for the Sun Devils from 2012-15. Gardner is ASU's all-time kills leader (1,882) and was a three-time All-Pac-12 honoree.

Briann January, Assistant Women's Basketball Coach (BIS Interdisciplinary Studies, 2009)
– January was a Sun Devil women's basketball standout during her four years in Tempe, earning an honorable mention All-America honor and Pac-12 Defensive Player of the Year Award in 2009. 
 
Zeke Jones, Head Wrestling Coach (B.S., Corporate Financial Management, 1990)
– Jones and the Sun Devil wrestling team have won back-to-back Pac-12 Wrestling titles.
 

??CHAMPS!!! ??

For the second straight year, the Sun Devils are the Pac-12 champions, their 20th conference championship all-time and 18th in the Pac-12!#SunDevilIntensity pic.twitter.com/xpgusZH2kX

— Sun Devil Wrestling (@ASUWrestling) February 26, 2018



 
Ryan Kelley, Team Leader of Business Development (B.I.S., Interdisciplinary Studies, 2009)
– Ryan played on the Sun Devil golf team from 2005-09.
 
Todd Merrill, Senior Account Executive (B.S., Organizational Communication, 1992)
– Todd swam at ASU from 1986-1989.
 
Kevin Miniefield, Director of Sun Devil Letter Winners (B.S., Liberal Arts, 2007)
– Former ASU cornerback who competed for the Sun Devils from 1988-1993. Miniefield earned first-team All-Pacific-10 Conference honors in 1992, and he played in the Blue-Gray Classic, an all-star bowl game, after his senior season.

Hillary Nelson, Project Coordinator – Sun Devil Club (B.S., Marketing/ MBA, 2012)
– Nelson played softball for the Sun Devils from 2009-2012.

Petra Pardi, Assistant Water Polo Coach (B.S., Sociology, 2015/ M. Ed. Postsecondary and Higher Education, 2018)
– Before joining the Sun Devil water polo coaching staff, Pardi was a student-athlete on the team from 2011-2015
 

Allow her to reintroduce herself...@ppetra1 has served in all facets of the program - as a student-athlete, manager, volunteer, and now assistant coach! #SunDevilUnityhttps://t.co/z3oPkRLhxO

— Sun Devil Water Polo (@SunDevilWP) August 8, 2018




Greg Powers, Ice Hockey Coach (B.A., Broadcast Journalism, 1999)
– In the late 1990's, coach Powers helped turn the ASU men's club hockey program around as a four-year starting goaltender, and made his "coaching debut" while still playing as a senior. He was a three-time ACHA DI All-American and helped qualify the Sun Devils for three national tournaments while earning two team MVP awards. He was named to the ASU Hockey Hall of Fame in 2009.
 
Jeremy Rasmussen, Head Coach Cross Country, (B.S. Computer Information Systems, 2003/M. Ed., Higher and Postsecondary Education, 2007).
– Rasmussen was Pac-10 Champion in the 3,000-meter steeplechase in 2000 and is graduate of Mountain Ridge High School in Glendale, Ariz. He is the first Sun Devil graduate to lead the cross country program.
 
Jessica Richardson, OSAD Assistant Director (B.A.E.,  Secondary Education/Mathematics, 2011/M. Ed., Higher and Postsecondary Education, 2015)
– Jessica is former Sun Devil soccer player from 2007-10.

Priscilla Schultz, track and field Director of Operations (B.S. Exercise Science, 1999)
– Schultz is the first woman in Sun Devil history to take all-conference, all-region and All-America honors in the same cross country season as she led ASU to its first NCAA Cross Country Championships appearance in the fall of 1998.
 

Former ???? record-holder and volunteer coach @CoachPSchultz is joining the program as the director of operations!

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— Sun Devil TFXC (@SunDevilTFXC) July 19, 2018



 
Natalie Thackrah, OSAD Associate Director, (B.A., Communication, 2002/M. Ed., Higher and Postsecondary Education, 2011)
– A local graduate from Greenway High School, Natalie was Sun Devil diver from 1998-2002.
 
Linda Vollstedt, Development Director, Sun Devil Club (B.A., Education, 1969/M. Ed., Mathematics, 1971)
– Before she was winning six national titles as a coach, she was playing golf at Arizona State the 1960s.

Brett Wallerstedt, General Manager of of Corporate Spnsorships, (B.S. Business, 1997)
– Brett was a linebacker for the Sun Devil football team.
 
Four Arizona State Degrees
Tyson Roberts, Assistant Ticket Office Manager (B.A. in history 2010, B.A. in sociology 2010/Masters of Liberal Arts 2015/M. Ed., Higher and Postsecondary Education, 2017)
 
Two Arizona State Degrees
Krista Banke, Special Assistant to the Senior Associate Athletic Director (B.S., Business Management/Honors College, 1996/M.B.A., 2001)
Jean Boyd, Executive Senior Associate Athletic Director(B.A. Liberal Arts, History, 1994/M. Ed. Higher Education, 1998)
Ryan Cohan, Women's Basketball Director of Operations (B.A., Journalism & Mass Communication, 2013/M.Ed., Higher and Postsecondary Education, 2015)
Tony Grandlienard, Special Events Coordinator (B.A., Journalism, 2012/ Master's in Sports Law and Business, 2018)
Mark Gorski, Athletic Facilities Maintenance Coordinator (B.S. Sociology, 2015/ Master's in Sports Law and Business, 2018)
Paul Hogen, OSAD Learning Specialist (B.A.E., Physical Education, 1978/M.S., Physical Education, 1980/Principal Certification)
Bill Kennedy, Associate A.D. (B.S., Broadcasting, 1986/M.M.C., Master's of Mass Communication, 1992)
Daniel Kwon, Asst. Coordinator, Digital Content & Engagement (B.S., Marketing, 2014/M.S. Tech - Graphical Information Technology, 2017)
Thomas Lenneberg, Sun Devil Club Annual Fund Director (B.A., Journalism, 2011/MSLB, 2016)
Jeremy Rasmussen, Head Coach Cross Country, (B.S. Computer Information Systems, 2003/M. Ed., Higher and Postsecondary Education, 2007)
Bethany Reed, Group Events Consultant, (B.S. Elementary Education, 2007/ Master's in Journalism and Broadcast, 2014)
Jessica Richardson, OSAD Academic Coach (B.A.E.,  Secondary Education/Mathematics, 2011/M. Ed., Higher and Postsecondary Education, 2015)
Susanna Tamol, Compliance Coordinator (B.S., Business Management, 1993/M. Ed., Higher and Postsecondary Education, 2005)
Mitchell Terrell, Corporate Communications Specialist (B.A., Broadcast Journalism, 2013/ MSLB, 2018)
Natalie Thackrah, OSAD Associate Director, (B.A., Communication, 2002/M. Ed., Higher and Postsecondary Education, 2011)
Linda Vollstedt, Development Director, Sun Devil Club (B.A., Education, 1969/M. Ed., Mathematics, 1971)
Rich Wenner, Sports Performance (B.S., Physical Education, 1986/M.S., Exercise and Wellness, 2009)
 
Arizona State Undergraduate Degrees
John Anderson, Associate Athletic Trainer (B.S., Exercise Science, 1996)
Bridget Arenson, Associate Director of Sun Devil Club (B.A., Communication, 1996)
Tayler Blackman, Coordinator, Partnership Activation, Corporate Partnerships (B.S. Sports and Media, 2017)
Adam Blossey, Director of Operations Men's Ice Hockey (B.S., Business Finance, 2005)
Erin Bonnell, Account Executive, Sun Devil Athletics Corporate Partnerships, (B.S. Marketing, 2012)
Mike Chismar, Senior Associate A.D. for Operations and Facilities (B.A., Communications, 1982)
Jon Erwin, Academic Coach (B.S., Management, 2007)
Michelle Estill, Assistant Women's Golf Coach (B.S., Business Management, 1989)
Tony Grandlienard, Special Events Coordinator (B.A., Journalism, 2012)
Mark Gorski, Athletic Facilities Maintenance Coordinator (B.S. Sociology, 2015)
Missy Farr-Kaye, Head Women's Golf Coach (B.A., Organizational Communication, 1990)
Whittany Horton, Events Coordinator (B.S., Biological Sciences, 2015)
Logan Hirka, Volunteer Assistant Swim Coach (B.S. Neurobiology, Physiology, and Behavior, 2017)
Nicole Hunt, Ticket Service and Retention Consultant (B.A., Business (Sports & Media), 2016)
Kate Janczewski, Associate A.D., Digital Media and Communications (B.A., Broadcast Journalism, 2003)
Briann January, Assistant Women's Basketball Coach (BIS Interdisciplinary Studies, 2009)
Zeke Jones, Head Wrestling Coach (B.S., Corporate Financial Management, 1990)
Michael Klakulak, Athletic Facilities Coordinator (B.S. Anthropology, 2017)
Ryan Kelley, Team Leader of Business Development (B.I.S., Interdisciplinary Studies, 2009 )
Ty Ketterling, Assistant Equipment Operations Coordinator (B.A., Liberal Studies, 2016)
Thomas Lenneberg, Assistant Media Relations Director (B.A., Journalism, 2011)
Breanna Mackie, Equipment Operations Coordinator (B.A., Design Studies, 2014)
Todd Merrill, Senior Account Executive (B.S., Organizational Communication, 1992)
Kevin Miniefield, Director of Sun Devil Letter Winners (B.S., Liberal Arts, 2007)
Shawn Montag, Assistant Ticket Office Manager (B.I.S., Interdisciplinary Studies, 2011)
Greg Powers, Ice Hockey Coach (B.A., Broadcast Journalism, 1999)
Bethany Reed, Group Events Consultant (B.S. Elementary Education, 2007)
Pauletta Riggs, Senior HR Specialist (B.I.S., Interdisciplinary Studies, 2015)
Rob Roberson, Video Manager Olympic Sports (B.A., Broadcast Journalism, 1998)
Tyson Roberts, Graduate Assistant Ticket Operations (B.S., History/Sociology/Communications, 2011)
Steve Rodriguez, Associate Media Relations Director (B.A., Journalism, 1998)
Nabil Sattar,  Tech Support Analyst (B.S. Biochemistry, 2014)
Amy Schramm, Senior Associate A.D./CFO (B.S., Finance, 1992)
Marissa Stankiewicz, Volunteer Softball Coach (B.S. Health and Wellness, 2017)
Mitchell Terrell, Corporate Communications Specialist (B.A., Broadcast Journalism, 2013)
Christopher Tudor, Assistant Athletics Director for Finance (B.S., Finance, 2006)
Colton Turner, Inside Sales Consultant, (B.S. Marketing, 2016)
Brett Wallerstedt, General Manager of of Corporate Spnsorships, (B.S. Business, 1997)
Cierra Weimer, Partnership Activation Coordinator (B.A Sports and Media Studies, 2016)
Nicole Werhanowicz, Ticket Service & Retention Consultant (B.S., Management, 2010)
Pete Wozniak, Athletic Facilities Manager (B.S., Business, 1989)
 
Arizona State Master's Degrees
Krista Banke, Special Assistant to the Senior Associate Athletic Director (M.B.A., 2001)
Jean Boyd, Executive Senior Associate Athletic Director (M. Ed. Higher Education, 1998)
Stephanie Bukarau, Assistant Athletic Trainer (M. Ed., Higher and Postsecondary Education, 2013)
Jacque Blaser, Assistant Director of the Annual Fund (M.A., Public Administration, 1999)
Denzel Burrell, Assistant Director (OSAD) (Masters in Higher and Post-Secondary Education, 2015)
C.J. Clarizio III, Assistant Athletic Trainer (Postsecondary and Higher Education, 2017)
Ryan Cohan, Women's Basketball Director of Operations (M. Ed., Higher and Postsecondary Education, 2015)
Michael Elliott, Athletic Facilities Maintenance Manager (Master's in Sports Law and Business, 2018)
Tony Grandlienard, Special Events Coordinator (Master's in Sports Law and Business, 2018)
Mark Gorski, Athletic Facilities Maintenance Coordinator (Master's in Sports Law and Business, 2018)
Taylor Green, Softball Director of Operations (Master's in Exercise and Wellness – Physical Activity and Health Promotion, 2017)
Paul Hogen, OSAD Learning Specialist (M.S., Physical Education, 1980/Principal Certification)
Kayla Kort, Coordinator for Athletic Compliance (Master's in Sports Law and Business, 2018)
Bill Kennedy, Associate A.D. (M.M.C., Master's of Mass Communication, 1992)
Daniel Kwon, Asst. Coordinator, Digital Content & Engagement (M.S. Tech - Graphical Information Technology, 2017)
Thomas Lenneberg, Sun Devil Club Annual Fund Director (MSLB, 2016)
Jeremy Rasmussen, Assistant Coach, (M. Ed., Higher and Postsecondary Education, 2007)
Bethany Reed, Group Events Consultant, (Master's in Journalism and Broadcast, 2014)
Josh Richard,  Coordinator, Game Experience (M.Ed., Higher and Postsecondary Education, 2012)
Jessica Richardson, OSAD Academic Coach (M. Ed., Higher and Postsecondary Education, 2015)
Tyson Roberts, Assistant Ticket Office Manager (Masters of Liberal Arts 2015/M. Ed., Higher and Postsecondary Education, 2017)
Derek Schmitt, Assistant Swim Coach (Master's in Sports Law and Business, 2017)
Susanna Tamol, Compliance Coordinator (M. Ed., Higher and Postsecondary Education, 2005)
Natalie Thackrah, OSAD Associate Director, (M. Ed., Higher and Postsecondary Education, 2011)
Linda Vollstedt, Development Director, Sun Devil Club (M. Ed., Mathematics, 1971)
Marcus Walker, Football Director of Player Personnel (Masters in Higher and Post-Secondary Education, 2011)
Rich Wenner, Sports Performance (M.S., Exercise and Wellness, 2009)
Christina Wombacher, Assistant Athletic Director, Office of the Vice President for University Athletics (M. Ed., Higher and Postsecondary Education, 2003)