Success stories
2021
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Saloni Allot
Media Marketing Coordinator, Phoenix Bowls Club
Despite some initial setbacks Saloni's perseverance paid off and she found herself a role with Loughborough Phoenix Bowls Club managing social media accounts and maintaining stakeholder relationships. Whilst not a sport Saloni was familiar with she threw herself into the opportunity taking time to learn about the sport and use her knowledge and experience to help improve the media channels of the club.
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Tegan Hargreaves
Coach Coordinator & AU Women's Basketball Club Chair
Tegan has been a major part of the Women's Basketball Programme at Loughborough through her role as the AU Club's Chair, working tirelessly to improve the experience for club memebers and coaches. On top of that Tegan became one of the first Coach Coordinators as part of a new project the CVA launched in partnership with the Athletic Union to understand the needs and support the AU Coaches.
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Ka’mani Anderson
IMS Football Coordinator, Mens Officiating Hub Manager & Referee
What started out as a bet between a friend, Ka’mani Anderson signed up to a refereeing course and has gone onto not only referee IMS and academy fixtures, but also coordinate football refrees for the programme.
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Nainika Seth
Performance Support, Media & Events Volunter
Joining Loughborough for her MSc Sport & Exercise Psychology in 2018-19, Nainika brought the same enthusiasm for sport at home in India to Loughborough, throwing herself into a variety of opportunities.
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Connor Andrews
Performance Coach & Football Sports Scientist
Connor has clocked up over 1500 hours on the Coach and Volunteering Academy portal for his responsibilities with Loughborough Sport over the last 5 years. This has included working with the Loughborough 2's and 3's Women's football team as a Sport Scientist and performance coach as well as being the head coach of the AU Swimming Squad and assistant coach to the performance squads.
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Katie Parrish
Media Sec, Lacrosse Club Chair & Vice-Chair of Sport Senate
During her time at university, Katie has really enjoyed getting stuck in and involved with all the opportunities here at Loughborough, from being Media Sec and Club Chair for AU Lacrosse, to helping with the kitting out process for Paralympics GB ahead of Tokyo 2020.
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Arjith Ravi
Loughborough Basketball Media, Marketing & Communications Volunteer & Live Stream Production Operator (Leicestershire County Cricket Club)
If you are looking for an example of someone throwing themself in and making the most of every opportunity you do not have to look further than Arjith. Since joining in the fall of 2020 for an MSc in Sports Management, Arjith has gotten involved in a number of roles and workshops, which was recently recognised when he was awarded "The Outstanding Student Volunteer" by the Athena Swan Extra-Mile Awards hosted by SSEHS.
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Sophie Jackson
Women's Futsal Coach, IFA Coach, Epilepsy action sports volunteer and events volunteer
Recently surpassing the 1000 hour milestone, Sophie has engaged in a huge variety of roles over the last few years. From volunteering at events such as Lightning Netball fixtures, FA National Futsal Series and Loughborough International Athletics, to coaching dance, Kickboxing and Futsal.