Meet your Supervisors...

LAURA THOMAS

• Major: Recreation Administration
• Minor: Business
• Hometown: Abilene, TX
• Teams: Men's Lacrosse, Baseball, Cycling, Men's Rugby
• Specialization: Special Events
• Favorite Thing About Being a Supervisor: I like Supervising because it has given me a great opportunity to work with many different aspects of Campus Recreation. Hopefully I can make a career out of this!
• Favorite Hobby: I don't have much time for hobbies, but I would say staying active and fit, I like all sports activities.
• Favorite Place of Campus: SRC, DUH!!
• Best memory from Supervising: Has to be the first year I was a Supervisor and we beat Angelo State to become the State Champions for Men's Rugby, it was a great game!
• Worst Injury: This guy ripped the tip of his finger off through a lacrosse glvoe, that was pretty gross!
• Fun Facts: I love volleyball, food, free time, pool, and being a Supervisor!!!

WHITNEY MCKNIGHT

• Major: Early Childhood Education
• Hometown: San Angelo, Texas
• Teams: Women's Lacrosse, Women's Volleyball, Women's Ultimate, Paintball
• Specialization: Communication
• Favorite Thing About Being a Supervisor: The people.
• Favorite Hobby: Sleeping.
• Favorite Place on Campus: The Rec Center
• Best Memory from Supervising: Camping at U Camp
• Worst Injury: Torn all the ligaments in both ankels about three times each.
• General Fun Facts: I am the married one! And I got married in Jamaica!!

SARAH LAIRD

• Major: Bachelors of Science in Respiratory Therapy
• Hometown: La Porte, Texas
• Teams: Rodeo, Men's Soccer, Women's Water Polo, Men's Ultimate Disc
• Specialization: Safety Advisor
• Favorite Hobby: Playing soccer, game nights with friends, being by water
• Favorite Place on Campus: SRC, Sewell Park
• Favorite Thing about being a Supervisor: The cahnce to meet all the dedicated athletes and work to make their seasons a success. I love being a part of the REC family, it's by far the best place to work.
• Best Memory from Supervising: Going to Nationals with the Women's Soccer team; driving the REC truck; every time our Bobcats win!!! And meeting my best friend and the amazing staff I work with!
• Worst Injury: My own worst injury would definitely be tearing all the ligaments in my knee. The worst injury I have witnessed would be one of the Rugby players getting kicked in the eye and also quite a few gashes in the heads of Rugby players...enough to see the bone!
• General Fun Facts: I love love love country music and two steppin'! I love playing soccer and flag football. I hate being touched and I have swam with beluga whales.

JESSE RUIZ

• Major: Applied Sociology
• Minor: Exercise and Sports Science
• Hometown: Petersburg, TX
• Teams: Bass Fishing, Women's Soccer, Wrestling, Men's Volleyball
• Specialization: Development
• Favorite Thing About Being a Supervisor: The environment-being able to interact with athletes from different sports is awesome.
• Favorite Hobby: Working out and reading.
• Favorite Place on Campus: Top of the parking garage across from my apartment. It's a beautiful view that overlooks San Marvelous!
• Best Memory from Supervising: Watching our Men's Rugby team win state, again, on our home field!
• Worst Injury: During 8th grade while playing football; I was paralyzed from the neck down for 30 minutes! I am very lucky to be alive and walking....
• Fun Facts: I love Elvis, Patsy Cline, light towers, and yoga.

AL DIAZ

• Major: Master of Arts in Political Science
• Hometown: Los Angeles, CA
• Teams: Gymnastics, Swim, Water Ski
• Specialization: Marketing
• Favorite Thing About Being a Supervisor: You get to meet lots of interesting people.
• Favorite Hobby: Playing/Watching baseketball and lounging around.
• Favorite Place on Campus: Rec Center
• Best Memory from Supervising: TBD
• Worst Injury: I ran into the wall at my high school basketball court going after a loose ball.
• General Fun Facts: Attended UCLA as an undergrad, have a turtle named Shelley, and has a younger brother and sister.
• Why Texas and Texas State?: After living in Los Angeles my whole life I decided it was time for a major shift. Texas State seemed like the best choice for this. Living in San Marcos will be an adjustment, but everything has been going great so far.

LIZZIE CAMPBELL

• Major: Bachelor's of Education (EC-6)
• Hometown: Austin, TX
• Teams: Tennis, Women's Rugby, Equestrian
• Specialization: Accounts Specialist
• Favorite Thing About Being a Supervisor: Being able to store my lunch in the "Staff Only" Break Room :)
• Favorite Hobby: Watching movies with family and friends.
• Favorite Place on Campus: The Rec Center.
• Best Memory from Supervising: So far being able to make my first friends at Texas State in the Sport Clubs Family. :)
• Worst Injury: Almost tearing my ACL and MCL twice in a matter of three weeks.
• General Fun Facts: I love coffee, I sing and draw, used to want to be a Fashion Designer, favorite word is "stellar", I would each Chick-FilA seven times a day if I could, Krispy Kreme is like eating a baby angel, love any kind of music, can quote the movie "She's the Man" the whole way through.

ALEX 'ZOT' ZOTTARELLI

• Major: Biology
• Hometown: Austin, TX
• Teams: Fencing, Triathlon, Men's Water Polo
• Specialization: Community Relations
• Favorite Thing about being a Supervisor: Getting to learn about various sports as well as meeting the athletes.
• Favorite Hobby: Swimming in the river.
• Favorite Place on Campus: Sewell Park
• Best Memory from Supervising: When teh staff suprised me with a birthday cake during training.
• Worst Injury: I broke my arm playing rugby. I also fractured my skull, broke my arm, several ribs, and had internal bleeding when I was eight and was hit by a car.
• General Fun Facts: I've broken six bones (my nose being three of those times), scratched my cornea, lost a tooth (molar), played rugby for a season in Brisbane, Australia, and I want to be an epidemioloist when I grow up.

SHANNON DERE

• Major: Masters of Science in Recreation & Leisure Studies
• Hometown: San Diego, CA
• Undergrad College: California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo
• Undergrad Major: Bachelors of Science in Recreation, Parks, & Tourism Administration with an emphasis in Sport Management
• Favorite Thing about being a G.A.: Working in Sport Clubs! I absolutely love it here and am so excited to watch all the teams compete. Go Bobcats!
• Favorite Hobby: Playing lacrosse, game nights, movies, adventures.
• Favorite Place on Campus: Sport Clubs Office...mostly because I live here.
• Worst Injury: I tore all the ligaments in my ankle playing lacrosse in Undergrad. It hurt a lot. In Undergrad I saw a lot of dislocations and lacerations...mostly from the Rugby team.
• General Fun Facts: I played lacrosse in the Bronco's Stadium for nationals, I am certified to teach First Aid/CPR, I have never shot a gun, I am NOT from the Hills, and I used to fence.

STEPHANIE THOMPSON

• Hometown: Garland, TX
• Major (Grad): Higher Education
• Graduate School: Ohio University
• Major (Undergrad): Sport Management
• Undergraduate School: University of Texas, Austin
• Favorite Thing About Being the Assistant Director-Sport Clubs: Working with all the passionate Sport Clubs students.
• Favorite Hobby: Playing tennis, triathlons, golf, hang out with friends, and try new sports.
• Favorite Place on Campus: University Camp
• Worst Injury: I broke my tail bone playing soccer in high school. It wasn't fun. I had a doughnut.
• Fun Facts: I played soccer in Ireland, I have broken seven fingers, my nose three times, my ankle twice, and my tail bone once.