THE RESULTS ARE IN! We had a record number of votes for Game Ball Awards this year at 19,751! Thank you to all who voted!
Congrats to our Game Ball Awards winners and thank you for all that you do for your teams!
Thank you as well to
@BigGameUSA
for supporting this initiative!
This is our FINAL week of voting for our Game Ball Awards. If you haven't voted already, use the poll below to cast your vote! We will add up both the Twitter and website votes to determine the winners.
Below, vote for Football Student Manager of the Year!
💥💥💥 H U G E thanks to all these programs donating their gear last month. We M O R E T H A N D O U B L E D December🤩
February isn’t over, yet! Have your program Clean Out for a Cause today🏆
Anybody who works in sports knows that the linchpin of a team’s operation is the equipment manager.
In their article on the
@NBA
COVID outbreak, it was great to see
@wojespn
and
@Baxter
touch on their importance
@NBAEMA_
.
“Coaching is what I do, not who I am”
This week’s episode of the Uncommon Podcast with college hoops coach,
@LaVall_Jordan
, is LIVE!
Click the 🔗 below to listen!
Sign up for our Equipment Manager Book Study of Under Our Skin // Monday’s @ 12:30pm starting Sept. 21st // See more details & sign up here:
@coachjmeyer
@StickEquips
@jmorrison719
Cool to have UVa men’s basketball star and national champion
@_mdiakite
Clean Out for Quarantine today!! Thanks for supporting MOAM!
Don’t forget to clean out your closets this weekend and message us for a free shipping label 📦
Join us in congratulating Dr. Amy Stucky of Taylor University with the Uncommon Sports Management Professor of the Year Award! Thank you to all of you who nominated and voted. Use the link below to read more about what voters had to say about Dr. Stucky!
In recognition of the Equipment Managers Appreciation Week, you can enter to receive a free USG hoodie from
@WSISports
by liking and tweeting this post with the
#EQWEEK2023
and
#USG
. The winner of the drawing will be announced on Friday, Sept. 22nd.
#EQWEEK2023
#USG
@AEMA_74
All backpacks donated to our Clean Out For A Cause® program for the remainder of 2020 will be sent directly to "Backpacks for Hope" in honor of Colorado Equipment Manager Chris Dountas' wife, Liz.
This provides school supplies and food to kids in need of assistance.
Coach announced that their team manager would dress out for the team on Senior Night.
This is what he did and the gym went crazy 🙌 (via
@coachswhite
)
Announcing the 2023 NCAA Football Managers of the Year:
🏈 Michael "Mikie" Schiltz: Football Equipment Manager of the Year.
🏈Max Metropulos: Football Student Manager of the Year.
Congratulations to these outstanding winners!
Join us Wed. at 6pm CST as we talk with
@_ajawilson22
, 1st overall pick for the 2018 WNBA. Receiving many of the top accolades in women's basketball & a national championship under her belt, we think it's appropriate for her to share on her "Championship Mindset." // Link in Bio
Thank you to all who maximized their used/excess gear through MOAM's
#CleanOut4aCause
program! Our December Donations totaled out to be 2,182 lbs. Our scholarships, mission trips, and camps wouldn't be possible without the support from these teams.
#Thankful
#MOAM
Happy Equipment Manager Appreciation Week! We are so grateful for all the equipment managers that work tirelessly to make game day happen and those that support our mission by donating to our Clean Out For A Cause® program ♻️
#EQAppreciationWeek2021
#SafetyServiceSwag
@AEMA_74
Thank you to all who maximized their used/excess gear through MOAM’s
#CleanOut4aCause
program!! Our February donations totaled out to be 3,833lbs. Our scholarships, Mission Trips, and Camps wouldn’t be possible without the support from these teams!
#thankful
#moam
#nonprofitlife
We are grateful to have made it one year as Uncommon Sports Group! It is incredible to look back and reflect on all that the Lord has done and continues to do. To God be the glory.
Today we celebrated with a time of reflection, trivia, cake, and cornhole! 🥳
Next week, Uncommon Sports Group will honor the many hard-working football student managers across the country with Football Student Manager Appreciation Week. Be sure to follow along on our social media channels as we offer gift card giveaways and more!
#beuncommon
Join us in welcoming
@jmorrison719
to our MOAM staff! James will be a familiar face to many as he engages with sport leaders and students around college campuses and pro sport front offices!
MEMBER SPOTLIGHT //
@JalenStone15
1. USG Member Since➡️ 2021
2. Favorite USG Event➡️ Getting to co-lead the weekly book study with equipment managers!
3. Favorite Book of the Bible➡️ Romans
4. Favorite Free Time Activity➡️ Spending time with my wife
DM us your address to get one for your EQ room⏭Mini MOAM Clean Out boxes make the perfect pen holders & easiest way to request your boxes or shipping labels‼️
That’s a wrap for our 2022 Minneapolis/St. Paul Impact Weekend! We were thankful to spend time growing professionally and spiritually with an incredible group of Christ-centered leaders of the sport industry!
#beuncommon
#christiansinsports
Our team got to witness De’Ja Brown proclaim her love and full dedication to Christ in front of her team here in San Diego! Praise the Lord for burning the fire down in her soul and becoming a true follower of Christ!
#ChildOfGod
Stick I don’t have (insert item here)!! Oh you don’t?! Look left, can you read that? I mean come on y’all took em off!! Oh we did?! Look right read that!! Aww man. Yeah loop don’t lie my guy!! Loop it up!!
#DREAMCRUSHER
"My secret weapon when drafting players of character was interviewing the equipment manager. They would tell me what kind of person someone is when no one is watching"
-
@TonyDungy
from ARISE with the GUYS
This past weekend, USG took part in the 2023
@ADs4ChristInfo
Annual Event in Nashville, TN, including providing four USG members the opportunity to attend.
Read a short recap of the event here:
Adam Albert was able to fund himself through an entire UCF football season with one of our scholarships // Apply for our Fall 2020 scholarship today to help jumpstart your career in the sport industry!
Congrats to our top 3 Spring 2020 scholarship winners // With help from our supporters, we were able to add another $10,000 to our scholarship lot to provide a total of $30,000 for our students during this time.
It is our pleasure to announce these 4 finalists for our Uncommon Sports Management Professor of the Year.
Each has gone above & beyond in impacting their students inside & outside of the classroom.
Vote here & on LinkedIn!
@JSGreer731
@FaithandFamil11
@amstucky
@UMSLCOE
What started as one Equipment Managers efforts to fund his first ever mission trip in 2012, and then led to a class project, has now turned into over a quarter million pounds of donations 🤯 Check out our Clean Out For a Cause® program and how it funds USG here👇🏼
Congrats to
@Warnke_Jake
, one of the best in the business, and the recipient of the 2022
@uncommonsg
’s Equipment Director of the Year‼️
Congrats Jake 👏
Our final award of the weekend recognizes a USG Member who has exemplified all three of our core values of being called, committed, and connected! We are excited and honored to announce that
@KyleYost
is our 2022 Uncommon Leader award winner!
#beuncommon
#christianleaders
Over the past month, we've collected 16,875 pounds of used and excess sports gear. We are grateful to our donors who help make our mission of developing Christ-centered leaders of the college and pro sport industry possible!
Learn more about COFAC: