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Ron Prettyman began his
tenure as Athletics Director at Cal State Dominguez Hills in
April, 1995, coming to the Toros from Vanguard University.
During his administration, Prettyman has expanded the
department from eight to eleven sponsored sports, and he
oversaw and coordinated the acquisition of the Hughes
Education and Athletic Center.
Ron is a graduate of Southern California College and has a
master's degree from Cal State Stanislaus. |
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I had the opportunity today to have lunch with
several of our committed staff members who get things done behind
the scenes. These are really the unsung heroes in the Athletics
Department, whose daily efforts make the CSUDH Athletics
Department run both smoothly and efficiently. They take their
responsibilities seriously and are diligent in their efforts to
provide the best possible experience for our student-athletes and
coaches. They give up most of their weekends and many of their
evenings as they commit to their tasks throughout the year.
Let me introduce them to you.
Theresa Cuarenta--Assistant to the
Athletics Director
Theresa is the budget manager, office manager, personnel liaison
and all around ambassador for the Athletics Department. She shares
game administration duties and is an invaluable resource for
campus and personnel issues and questions. Theresa is a part of
our administrative event management staff. She is cheerful and
cares a great deal about our student-athletes and coaching staff.
She really has her work cut out for her right now with the current
and future State of California budget crisis.
Patrick Guillen--Assistant Athletics
Director
Pat is our Head Sports Information Director. Every time you see
an email, web site update, newspaper article, radio and television
note, this information has come from Pat's office. Pat shares game
administration duties and is responsible for all CSUDH game
protocol and promotions. This year Pat has taken on a new duty as
part of the fund raising team in the Athletics Department. He has
worked hard to identify new sources to make sustained athletics
scholarships a reality in the program. Give Pat a call if you
would like to get involved as a corporate or individual partner.
Lamel Harris--Assistant Athletics Director
Lamel is in charge of facility scheduling and enhancement. He
works closely with the Home Depot Center as our primary liaison,
the university scheduling group, and with CSUDH Physical Plant for
maintenance and upkeep. Lamel is a part of the administrative
event management staff and is a very popular and visible
administrator to all of our student-athletes. This year Lamel has
joined Pat in the efforts to raise funds for athletics
scholarships. Lamel is the Director of the Annual Athletics
Department TORO Golf Classic, which raises money for athletics
scholarships. Give him a call if you would like to participate in
this great event in June.
Lisa Mabry--Academic Advisor
Lisa just joined us this year and has the responsibility of
working with student-athletes to make sure they are maintaining
progress toward their degree. In addition to working closely with
our student-athletes to assist them with their registration
processes, she also completes projects for Ms. Julie Sandoval in
the areas of compliance and eligibility. Lisa works in our office
part time while also serving as one of our assistant softball
coaches.
Ethan Kreiswirth and Tim McGuire
Ethan and Tim are our National Athletics Trainers Association
(NATA) certified training staff. Because the training they undergo
is so specialized through the certification process, it is
mandatory that either Ethan or Tim must be at every home event.
They care a great deal about our CSUDH student-athletes and do a
great job with preventative treatments, rehabilitation and care
for current injuries. They are also very adept to working with
emergency situations and are available to assist the campus when
called upon. Ethan is a certified CPR instructor and teaches
classes for our coaches and staff so that they can be CPR
certified as well. Tim is a certified strength trainer and is
responsible for approving all weight training programs, while also
assisting several of the teams with conditioning in the off
season. We are fortunate to have such a qualified and committed
training room staff.
Mel Miranda--Assistant Sports Information
Director
Mel just joined us in the Sports Information Office this year
after spending several years in the public relations arm of the
recording industry. He has been a great addition to the Athletics
Department team. Mel works closely with Pat Guillen in an effort
to publicize and bring greater visibility to the CSUDH Athletics
Department and its 11 sports. Mel assists with game management
duties and oversees several of the student-workers who work at our
events. He has produced several very nice media guides this year
and has some great ideas to promote and enhance CSUDH Athletics in
the future.
Julie Sandoval--Associate Athletics
Director
Julie is the NCAA Senior Woman Administrator on our campus, who
also serves as the NCAA compliance and eligibility officer for
CSUDH. Whenever eligibility questions are asked and a prompt reply
is needed, Julie is the one to field those questions. Julie is our
direct link with the NCAA and the CCAA offices. She works closely
with Lisa Mabry and monitors graduation rates, grade point average
and academic progress. Julie is highly respected in the NCAA and
is currently the Chair of the NCAA Division II National Volleyball
Committee. She has served on several national level committees for
the NCAA and has brought a great level of visibility to our
university. Julie also serves as Acting Athletics Director when I
am away from the office.
We have some very talented men and women
serving our student-athletes and coaches. You will not find a more
energetic, committed, qualified and talented ensemble of men and
women in any athletics department anywhere in the nation. I am
fortunate to have them on my administrative leadership team as we
all look forward to many great years of TORO Athletics in the
future. When you see them at a game or an event, pat them on the
back and thank them for their good work.
I will see you at the games.
Ron Prettyman
Athletics Director
GO TOROS
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