Week 2

    This week I did something different every day, a nice representation of the athletic director's duties here at Catlin. I finished the athletics slideshow, ordered t-shirts for basketball senior night, finished checking off the volleyball uniforms with Tyler, did some billing, and listened in on an athletic director's Zoom meeting. Kate also set me up a huge desk and chair to sit at in her office, as you can see in the photo!      

  One of the most interesting things I got to see this week was the AD meeting with all the schools in our league. They talked about scheduling soccer games for next fall, as well as their stance on masks and spectators for the current basketball season. I found it interesting that Kate was the only woman AD in the meeting, and most of the conversation about basketball was focused on the men's team. All of the AD's agreed that players and spectators will be required to wear masks for the remainder of the season, and I am very excited that Catlin will now be allowing home fans!

  In terms of my goals from last week, I did finish the slideshow and order the t-shirts. Additionally, I learned a lot more about what goes on behind the scenes this week. I helped Tyler with putting away all the volleyball uniforms and making sure all players returned their gear. Each item has a letter written on the tag that is recorded at the beginning of the season for each player, creating an easy system to keep track of the gear when it is returned. I also learned a bit about billing for uniforms and track events. I did not realize how big of a cost comes with running a track meet (running the clock, start gun, etc.), so I learned that when Catlin hosts a track meet, we must bill all the attending schools to split those costs. Kate also has to keep track of all the costs that go towards running the game clock for each sport and which players order uniforms or other team gear. 

    Lastly, when Kate and Tyler were away from their office, I cleaned out a drawer they had in their office because I couldn't let Kate keep digging through it every time she needed something! Enjoy the before and after pictures below.