Marlin Lee

Marlin Lee played on China’s national Team Handball team and professionally for 15 years before deciding to go into coaching.

His decision led him to the United States Sports Academy in 1990 and four years later he completed his master’s in Sports Coaching and Sports Management. He coached both in China and for USA Team Handball in the 1996 Centennial Olympic Games in Atlanta.

Dustin Cleaver

Dustin Cleaver, who earned his bachelor’s in Sports Management from the United States Sports Academy in 2010, has loved soccer since he started playing at the age of 5.

A one-time college soccer player he dreamed of one day being in professional soccer. Now, he is. Cleaver began working this year for Major League Soccer’s San Jose Earthquakes as the team administrator.

Thomas Moore

For seven years, Thomas Moore dreamed of starting his own company that would teach sports and provide physical education to children who were autistic or had other special needs.

Moore finally realized that goal by recently starting APTO in Colchester, Vt. APTO, which is a Latin word that means to prepare, to make ready, to adjust and to adapt, provides individualized classes that are tailored to meet the children’s needs. It’s been found that physical activities help to develop coordination, language development, motor skills, social skills, sports skills, confidence and learning readiness that help the students improve in a variety of environments.

Tim Newman

Dr. Tim Newman, a United States Sports Academy national faculty member and associate professor at York College of Pennsylvania, is a co-author of a new textbook, “Social Media in Sports Marketing.”

Newman, who earned his doctorate in sport management in 1999 at the Academy, has done research primarily in the areas of marketing, social media, social networking, and issues related to leadership.

Rebecca Boyce

Rebecca Boyce wanted to help restore Miami Beach, Fla., to its former glory as a tennis haven and since 2008 the United States Sports Academy master’s student has done just that.

Miami Beach once hosted the Orange Bowl International Tennis Championships, a prestigious junior tennis tournament considered the initiation rite of future world tennis champions. The tournament started in 1947 and was played for 51 years at Miami Beach’s Flamingo Tennis Center where a virtual who’s who of tennis stars competed, such as Arthur Ashe, Chris Evert, Roger Federer and Steffi Graf.

Dexter Davis

For the sixth consecutive year at the Super Bowl, United States Sports Academy alumnus Dr. Dexter Davis volunteered to help run the NFL Experience, a fan favorite with all of its interactive, hands-on activities.

This year, Davis, a York University visiting professor, was also joined by three other Academy alumni: Dr. Richard C. Bell, Program Director of Sport Management at Colorado Mesa University; Dr. Fred Cromartie, the Academy’s Director of Doctoral Studies; and Dr. J. Barry Shaw, a Schreiner University Sport Management professor.

Jeff Sheldon

Jeff Sheldon has always enjoyed health, nutrition and fitness and now he educates many customers at The Health Hut stores that he owns in Mobile and Spanish Fort, Ala.

For nearly 10 years, he has been in the sports health business. In August 2011, he bought The Health Hut store that has existed in Mobile for about 30 years to take advantage of the name recognition, respected brand and loyal customer base.

Adam Reeb

In his first year as a head coach, Adam Reeb leads the Lindenwood University men’s and women’s tennis teams into NAIA competition for the first time.

It’s no easy task for the Belleville, Ill., program but Reeb’s up to the challenge. He has experienced success at programs at Saint Louis University and McKendree University where he served as an assistant coach.

Mike Turnbull

Michael Turnbull is no longer just a husband, father, coach and groundskeeper, the 53-year-old volleyball and basketball coach can now add published author to his list of titles.

Turnbull’s humorous—and definitely random—book, “Random Thoughts of a Stupid Man” (186 pages, 2 Moon Press, $12.99) wanders through his life telling stories from his childhood growing up in a military family to coaching for 32 years at the high school and collegiate level in Minnesota.

Jerome Robinson

After playing professional basketball for 10 years in Europe, Jerome Robinson has begun pursuing his dream of becoming a Division I college basketball coach.

He admits it was hard to walk away from the game at the age of 34. However, Robinson recently earned his master’s degree in Sports Management from the Academy and landed on the men’s basketball coaching staff at Eastern Michigan University as its Administrative Life Skills Coordinator.

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