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NSU Students Get Real-world Experience with Cardinals Baseball
Spencer Ray (right)
James Turner and Spencer Ray, sport and recreation management students at the H. Wayne Huizenga School of Business and Entrepreneurship, are working in Minor League Baseball this summer and earning credit, while gaining valuable experience. Professor Nancy Olson recently visited the students when the Palm Beach Cardinals hosted the Clearwater Threshers (Phillies).
James Turner (right)
“James was busy throughout the game as he assisted Kristen Cummins, Marketing and Minor League Assistant, with the game promotions, including helping to entertain the children on ‘Knothole Gang’ Night. Spencer Ray was busy tracking every pitch of the game with ‘Trackman,’ a computer program that is used by the Cardinals,” said Olson. “It’s all about the physics of baseball.”
Luis Morales, Cardinals Baseball Assistant for International Operations, supervises Spencer. Trackman is Danish technology which not only measures speed but the distance between the pitcher’s release point and the plate. It’s a great scouting tool and works well with the Cardinals’ use of IT methods to make decisions.