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by Cecil Harris

With set to launch its in Spring 2015, more students will gain exposure to the wide range of opportunities in sports, as undergraduates such as Victoria Chiesa can attest.听

Chiesa, a senior from Hicksville, New York, has interned at , and , covered the as a freelancer for magazine and started her own website, .

鈥淭he sport management program at Adelphi is great in a variety of ways,鈥� said Chiesa, an student with a double major in and . 鈥淚f you want to work in sports, you have so many different directions you can go in.鈥�

Experiential learning is essential to Adelphi鈥檚 sport management program in the . Chiesa fulfilled her practicum requirement as a social media intern at CBS Sports in Spring 2014 during the network’s coverage of the .

Chiesa worked with her academic adviser, Greg Letter, Ph.D., director of the sport management program, to chart a manageable schedule as a full-time student while she handled simultaneous internships at CBS Sports and Newsday.

鈥淰ictoria possesses strong communication skills and regularly enhances the learning experience in the classroom by sharing her thoughts and, at times, professional experiences,鈥� said Dr. Letter, who is also an associate professor in the .

When Chiesa interned at World Team Tennis, she met tennis legend Billie Jean King and future Hall of Fame players Andy Roddick and Victoria Azarenka.

鈥淚 worked with the communications manager鈥攎anaging social media, writing press releases, calling people for interviews,鈥� Chiesa said. 鈥淲orld Team Tennis also has a partnership with , so I got to write articles for the website.鈥�

Chiesa learned the importance of writing well while taking History of Sports Broadcasting, a course taught by , the Emmy Award-winning sportscaster for and . She is the current editor-in-chief of Adelphi’s student newspaper, . While working for The Delphian, the paper has been honored by the : Best College Sports Reporting, 2013; Best College Newspaper, first place, 2013, and second place, 2014.

Collegiate athletic administration also interests Chiesa. She has considered becoming a graduate assistant in Adelphi鈥檚 , where she鈥檚 currently a student worker.

鈥淰ictoria has been an absolute asset to our department,鈥� said , M.B.A. ’12, associate athletic director and director of external relations. 鈥淚鈥檝e watched her grow as a person as her responsibilities have grown. She is someone that we can rely on and trust, who will do a professional job no matter what task we give her.鈥�