Emma Merriweather
Hillsboro,OR
Summary
Accomplished athlete and team member with over a decades worth of experience in athletics across the US. Expert in role playing for the sake of the team and doing so with a positive attitude. Passionate in pursuit of challenge and reaching full potential under any circumstance.
Overview
6
6
years of professional experience
Work History
Team Manager
ULM Womens Basketball
Monroe, LA
06.2023 - 01.2024
- Supported coaching staff with recruiting and signing players.
- Established relationships with each individual in the program and utilized those relationships to enhance team chemistry and bridge internal conflict.
- Conducted regular meetings with head of staff to organize team events, advocate for players, and generate market plans to increase game-day attendance.
- Played a key role in diffusing tension within program and maintaining a positive environment.
- Participated in any way necessary during practice wether it be role playing on scout team, controlling the clock, or rebounding.
Student Athlete
University Of Louisiana At Monroe
Monroe, LA
08.2022 - 05.2023
- Mentored 5 fellow men and women student-athletes during competition while also maintaining a 3.34 gpa
- Regular volunteer at local Elementary School reading to and playing with the kids
- First African-American woman to study Agricultural Business in ULM history/ and only African-American in the major at the time of attendance.
- Broke 4 ULMs school records.
- Earned SunBelt Conference Title- Defensive Player of the Year, All-Conference, and All-Louisiana honors.
Athlete
Nike
Beaverton, OR
12.2021 - 07.2022
- Loaded and unloaded heavy boxes of product.
- Identified discrepancies between physical count and computer data.
- Received and tracked incoming inventory shipments.
- Investigated any reported problems regarding shipping errors or damages.
- Operated pallet jacks and forklifts for heavy shipments.
- Collaborated with stores across the country to fulfill and receive large orders of product.
- Organized and logged product placement within warehouse.
Student Athlete
University of Kansas
Lawrence, KS
07.2019 - 05.2021
- Balanced academics, D1 athletic training and competition, advocating for women's athletes, and organizing campus-wide marches and meetings for BLM movement.
- Gathered over 800 people, led, and publicly spoke at KU's first on-campus protest for the BLM movement.
- Designed and distributed the flyers and posters for campus wide march.
- Experienced speaking in front of cameras and large crowds.
- Recognized and commended by the president of the KU English Department for the short stories and screenplays completed as coursework.
- Wrote an informative article on the discrimination against women in sports under the NCAA.
Student Athlete
Texas Tech University
Lubbock, TX
07.2018 - 05.2019
- Fostered and homed four animals while remaining consistent with all team activities and maintaining a 3.6 GPA.
- Spent time off volunteering at children’s hospitals and humane societies.
- Left university, along with eight other teammates, after enduring emotional and physical abuse from the women’s basketball team coaches and staff.
- Partook in the journalistic take down of the entire staff and was featured in USA Today, ESPN, New York Post, Goodmorning America, CNN, Fox, etc.
Education
Bachelor of Arts - Liberal Arts And General Studies
University of Kansas
Lawrence, KS03-2021
Political Science
California State University - Long Beach
Long Beach, CAFilm and Video Production
Texas Tech University
Lubbock, TXAgricultural Business
University of Louisiana At Monroe
Monroe, LASkills
- Weight Training
- Agility Drills
- Time Management
- Mentoring
- Recruiting
- Communication
- Creative Writing
- Public Speaking
- Team Work
- Leading
- Listening
- Caretaking
- Optimism
Timeline
Team Manager
ULM Womens Basketball
06.2023 - 01.2024
Student Athlete
University Of Louisiana At Monroe
08.2022 - 05.2023
Athlete
Nike
12.2021 - 07.2022
Student Athlete
University of Kansas
07.2019 - 05.2021
Student Athlete
Texas Tech University
07.2018 - 05.2019
Bachelor of Arts - Liberal Arts And General Studies
University of Kansas
Political Science
California State University - Long Beach
Film and Video Production
Texas Tech University
Agricultural Business
University of Louisiana At Monroe
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