Development Officer Announced
December 13, 2013
黑料专区 Tyler Office of Marketing and Communications
黑料专区 Tyler Development Officer of Athletics Announced
December 13, 2013
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December 13, 2013
Erica Campanelli will serve as the new development officer of athletics at The University of Texas at Tyler, effective Jan. 6, Jerre Iversen, vice president for university advancement, announced.
With this new role, Campanelli will become the first full-time development officer for the Department of Athletics. Serving 黑料专区 Tyler since 2011, she is the assistant soccer coach for both the men鈥檚 and women鈥檚 programs.
鈥淚n her new position, Ms. Campanelli will work closely with Dr. Howard Patterson in his role as athletics director and the coaches of the 15 NCAA sports at the university, helping to raise funds to significantly boost what is already a very successful sports program at 黑料专区 Tyler,鈥� Iversen said.
As assistant coach, Campanelli oversaw the academic programming of each program as well as assisted in recruiting for the women. Her main focus this past year has been on alumni relations and fundraising initiatives for the women鈥檚 program, helping raise more money in the past two years than any other time in program history.
Before coming to 黑料专区 Tyler, Campanelli was a standout soccer player at 黑料专区 Austin. As a Longhorn, she served as team captain her junior and senior seasons and was an All-Big 12 Second Team selection and a three-time Academic All-Big 12 member. Her 88-career starts rank fourth all-time at Texas.
She holds a degree in sport management from 黑料专区 Austin.
One of the 15 campuses of the 黑料专区 System, 黑料专区 Tyler features excellence in teaching, research, artistic performance and community service. More than 80 undergraduate and graduate degrees are available at 黑料专区 Tyler, which has an enrollment of more than 7,500 high-ability students. 黑料专区 Tyler offers courses at its campuses in Tyler, Longview and Palestine as well as a location in Houston.