Jan. 11, 2008
MATTHEW R. SHARPLEY
msharple@lhup.edu
Home Address
285-29 Lower Nis Hollow Drive
Lehighton, PA 18235
(610) 377-9060
Cell: (610)-509-8338
OBJECTIVE:
To acquire a position in the Sport Administration/Management field to start my career.
EDUCATION:
Lock Haven University of Pennsylvania
B.S. Degree- Sport Administration, Minor: Coaching
Major GPA: 3.707
INTERNSHIP:
Lehighton Area School District: Athletic Director Internship, Fall 2007
Attend meetings for leagues, administration, and most other meetings throughout the semester.
Create a coaches literature booklet, revise the athletic handbook, and research synthetic turf.
Utilize my problem solving skills to overcome any obstacles throughout the semester.
Supervise athletic events.
Make use of my organization skills by filing and arranging the office.
Exercise my interpersonal skills to talk with parents, athletes, coaches, administrators, and any other person I needed to talk to during the internship.
University Directories: Marketing/Sales Internship, Summer 2006.
Attended week-long sales training in Chapel Hill, NC learning a variety of sales techniques and approaches.
Sold yellow page advertising to local businesses in the Penn State University market.
Enhance interpersonal communication and time-management skills.
Maintained daily sales records and filled out contracts daily.
Applied active listening and persuasion to meet objections.
Gained confidence in working alone as well as in a team.
Developed ways to build rapport.
Top seller in my market.
RELATED
EXPERIENCES:
Event Coordinator: 5v5 Indoor Ultimate Frisbee Tournament, Fall 2005.
Budgeted the event.
Obtained sponsors and donators by making a sponsorship proposal.
Presented a sponsorship proposal to various companies and Individual community members.
Consulted with potential sponsors of our Ultimate Frisbee Event.
Designed waiver forms, sponsorship contracts, sponsorship agreements, sponsorship benefits, donator agreements, rules of the game, sponsorship proposal, flyers, logos, and volunteer signups.
Demonstrated problem solving skills.
Utilized Leadership skills through running the event and making sure everything ran smoothly by supervising.
Volunteer Assistant Wrestling Coach: Lehighton Area High School Wrestling Team, Lehighton PA 2003-Present.
Trained wrestlers one on one to improve their skills and technique.
Utilized knowledge of the sport to coach at tournaments.
Taught moves and performed demonstrations.
Communicated with coaches, wrestlers, and parents.
Overcame obstacles and solved problems.
WORK
EXPERIENCE:
LHU Student Recreation Center Employee: Lock Haven University of Pennsylvania. June-May 2006-2007
Attained a hands-on experience of how recreation centers function.
Demonstrated problem solving skills when situations occurred.
Helped maintain a clean and safe environment for recreation activities.
Roofing Assistant: DR Roofing Systems, 962-64 West Penn Pike Tamaqua PA, Summer 2005
Demonstrated quick learning ability.
Utilized leadership skills and interpersonal skills.
Demonstrated problem solving skills.
Serviced roofs of industrial buildings.
Replaced roofs of industrial buildings
ACTIVITIES/
INTERESTS:
Member: Lock Haven University Sport Administration Society (SAS), Lock Haven PA 2006.
Discussed issues, plans, and problems at meetings.
Fund raisers.
Attending job fairs.
SKILLS:
Basic, working knowledge of Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Access, and Microsoft Power Point.
