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Texas A&M University is proud to partner with sport organizations across the globe. With this alliance and investment, Texas A&M University can provide our Capstone Experience students with hands-on and practical experience. By working with our students, this real-world experience impacts their lives as leaders and future employees in the Sport Management field.

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Jared Kessler, 2025

Jared Kessler

My Capstone Experience - Business Project was with Victory Sports, a youth sports league in Bryan-College Station for grades 1st through 6th. My role in this business project was to help plan and run the Championship Weekend event. I worked with one other student; my focus was flag football, and she was in charge of volleyball. I learned how to use Canva for social media posts, order trophies, prepare test questions for potential referees, and make other plans necessary for a successful event. I attended a game day event before the Championship Weekend to better prepare myself. I am very excited to take away all the things I learned and use them for my future. 

Words of Wisdom

  • Do not be scared to get out of your comfort zone, and do not give up.

Leah Fogle, 2026

Leah Fogle

For my Capstone Experience - Business Project, I have been matched to work with Victory Sports. Victory Sports is a Catholic youth organization with youth leagues for soccer, basketball, volleyball, and flag football. The company aims to teach the Catholic youth everything faith-based through sport. Each week, they highlight and use a new term of virtue in their teachings. The coaches of teams will host lessons before and prayers after practices to educate the young on their assigned teachings. The goal of this organization outside of sports is to address a need that has become more prevalent in youth sports. After many discussions about the why of this organization, I have concluded that this league exists to teach a faith component through sport and give children the opportunity to grow and excel in a sport in ways they haven’t been able to before. The basis of giving growth opportunities for youth in sports is that the field of play is shortened with age, and the number of players on the field or court is also lessened. Thus, this gives each player more chances to make contact with the ball and get more touches. It is also better because it gives the coaches more time to reach the players and teach them the sport since fewer players exist. Victory Sports has done extensive research on this view and has concluded that this method of youth sports truly positively impacts the skills of their players. They host flag football and volleyball in the fall season, and in the spring season, they host soccer and basketball. There are three divisions for each sport based on age; there is the peewee level (1st and 2nd grade), minor level (3rd and 4th grade), and significant level (5th-6th grade). After regular play, a championship day is held at the end of each season, and a winner is chosen from each division and sport. 

Words of Wisdom

  • Always ask questions and keep a smile on your face.

Katy Siebert, 2025

Katy Siebert

My Capstone Experience—Business Project was to help prepare and run a youth soccer league with Victory Sports. My partner and I priced balls, designed jerseys, contacted coaches and sponsors, and helped set up and take down for game days once they started. Overall, I learned so much and had an amazing experience.

 

Words of Wisdom

  • Communicate and be flexible.

Connor Cleveland, 2025

Connor Cleveland

My experience during this capstone project was wonderful. I could not have asked for a better experience! Victory Sports is a Catholic youth sports league that utilizes the teachings of the church in the form of physical activity and competition. The hands-on project gave me different perspectives on tasks and experiences I could only have obtained through this program. With the help of two other students, we ran two social media accounts, sent out promotional emails, and researched how to grow the brand of Victory Sports outside of College Station. The staff at Victory Sports made this capstone what it was by being the most helpful and kind people I have met. Their ability to be motivating and understanding during my time was more than I could have asked for.

 

Words of Wisdom

  • Do not be afraid to ask questions or advice regarding how to do things. The project leaders appreciate it, and it saves you the stress and worry of messing up.
  • SAY YES! Whenever your project leader asks you to do a new task or attend one of their events, make sure to go do it. It shows that you care and are willing to go the extra mile to better yourself, and who knows, you may enjoy it!

Carson Gewinn, 2025

Carson Gewinn

During my culminating experience with Victory Sports, we completed three roles: social media, emails, and research. It was a group of three of us, so that we would switch to a new role every two weeks. Social media consisted of posting daily, interacting with users, and growing the account's following. The email role was drafting emails for people to register for a particular sport. The research focused on finding ways to expand Victory Sports around Texas, mainly in Houston. This experience has been amazing, and I am so grateful to be a part of the team.

 

Words of Wisdom

  • Don't be afraid to be creative and ask questions!

Brody Bean, 2025

Brody Bean

My Capstone Experience - Business Project was helping improve social media and marketing for Victory Sports, a youth sports league in Bryan-College Station. I worked with two other students and rotated roles every two weeks. Our first role was social media, which involved posting pictures on Facebook and Instagram and creating clever captions to improve interaction. Next was marketing emails, where we worked closely with their head of marketing to write emails that provoked people to sign up for our soccer season. Finally, we researched how we can spread Victory Sports to other cities in Texas, such as Houston or Dallas.

 

Words of Wisdom

  • Do not be afraid to ask questions; Victory Sports has some of the nicest people you will ever meet.

Brendan Fahy, 2025

Brendan Fahy

My Culminating Experience was pretty cool. I had the opportunity to work for Victory Sports, a Catholic youth sports league. More specifically, I helped with the upcoming soccer season. I had tasks weekly that were important and time-sensitive for the season. It was fulfilling in the end to see your work pay off and, more importantly, create a good environment for the next generation of athletes.

 

Words of Wisdom

  • Branch out.