On-Campus Recruiting Coordinator Announced
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (April 24, 2019) –West Virginia University football has announced the hiring of Katelyn Giusto as the Mountaineers on-campus recruiting coordinator.
“We are thrilled to have Katie join our recruiting team,” Coleman Barnes, associate director of athletics for football external affairs, said. “She brings Power 5 experience in football operations and recruiting, in addition to her most recent position with the Chick-Fil-A Peach Bowl assisting with events.”
At West Virginia, Giusto will assist with the day-to-day administration of recruiting student-athletes. She will help coordinate in-person recruiting visits, assist in the maintenance of scholarship offers, recruiting targets and commitments and update the coaching staff on recruiting matters, eligibility and admission status of prospective student-athletes.
Giusto will serve as a liaison with the University admissions office and the athletics coompliance office and manage planning for on-campus official and unofficial recruiting visits by prospective student-athletes. She will assist with securing and maintaining transcripts of prospective student-athletes, analyze transcripts to ensure prospects meet entrance requirements and assist with maintaining and securing prospects’ NCAA eligibility center records.
She also will assist with the organization and assemblage of coaching recruiting checklists, calendars, internet research, recruiting boards, prospects and coaches telephone directories and update databases and prospective student-athlete video libraries.
Giusto will assist the football coaching staff and video coordinators in assembling and cataloging video for potential student-athletes and maintain and manage correspondence with prospects during contact periods.
She comes to West Virginia after serving as the events assistant with the Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl for the past year. Giusto managed volunteer sign-up and assisted with the recruitment, training and organization of 250 volunteers for the Kickoff Game prior to the season and 600 volunteers for the Peach Bowl.
Giusto served as the primary contact for event sponsors and vendors for activation logistics, coordinated board of director meeting logistics and travel schedules and worked with the title sponsor to organize sponsor fulfillment for the Kickoff Game. She also organized sponsor fulfillment for the Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl.
She planned activities and organized volunteers for the Children’s Holiday Party, and organized team hospital visits, arranging volunteers and coordinated with the hospital staff for each hospital visit. She also assisted in the organization of the assistant coaches’ dinner and the Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl Parade.
Prior to her tenure with the Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl, Giusto spent a year as a graduate intern in football operations at Virginia, assisting with the supervision of summer camps, organizing registration, scheduling staff and managing payroll. She assisted with team travel, helping organize rooming lists, meal planning, bus itineraries, staff tickets and ticket distribution.
She also assisted with event planning and added administrative support for UVA’s NFL Pro Day, managed the Alumni and Military Flag Bearer game day program and helped coordinate the alumni mentoring program.
Giusto also served as a student worker in the football recruiting office at Virginia for two years, assisting with day-to-day operations. She helped with on-campus official and unofficial visits and assisted with creating prospect recruiting files, organizing the video library and managing the social media accounts for the recruiting office.
She earned two degrees from Virginia, a bachelor’s degree in media studies and American studies and a master’s degree in higher education with a concentration in intercollegiate athletics administration.
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (April 24, 2019) –West Virginia University football has announced the hiring of Katelyn Giusto as the Mountaineers on-campus recruiting coordinator.
“We are thrilled to have Katie join our recruiting team,” Coleman Barnes, associate director of athletics for football external affairs, said. “She brings Power 5 experience in football operations and recruiting, in addition to her most recent position with the Chick-Fil-A Peach Bowl assisting with events.”
At West Virginia, Giusto will assist with the day-to-day administration of recruiting student-athletes. She will help coordinate in-person recruiting visits, assist in the maintenance of scholarship offers, recruiting targets and commitments and update the coaching staff on recruiting matters, eligibility and admission status of prospective student-athletes.
Giusto will serve as a liaison with the University admissions office and the athletics coompliance office and manage planning for on-campus official and unofficial recruiting visits by prospective student-athletes. She will assist with securing and maintaining transcripts of prospective student-athletes, analyze transcripts to ensure prospects meet entrance requirements and assist with maintaining and securing prospects’ NCAA eligibility center records.
She also will assist with the organization and assemblage of coaching recruiting checklists, calendars, internet research, recruiting boards, prospects and coaches telephone directories and update databases and prospective student-athlete video libraries.
Giusto will assist the football coaching staff and video coordinators in assembling and cataloging video for potential student-athletes and maintain and manage correspondence with prospects during contact periods.
She comes to West Virginia after serving as the events assistant with the Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl for the past year. Giusto managed volunteer sign-up and assisted with the recruitment, training and organization of 250 volunteers for the Kickoff Game prior to the season and 600 volunteers for the Peach Bowl.
Giusto served as the primary contact for event sponsors and vendors for activation logistics, coordinated board of director meeting logistics and travel schedules and worked with the title sponsor to organize sponsor fulfillment for the Kickoff Game. She also organized sponsor fulfillment for the Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl.
She planned activities and organized volunteers for the Children’s Holiday Party, and organized team hospital visits, arranging volunteers and coordinated with the hospital staff for each hospital visit. She also assisted in the organization of the assistant coaches’ dinner and the Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl Parade.
Prior to her tenure with the Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl, Giusto spent a year as a graduate intern in football operations at Virginia, assisting with the supervision of summer camps, organizing registration, scheduling staff and managing payroll. She assisted with team travel, helping organize rooming lists, meal planning, bus itineraries, staff tickets and ticket distribution.
She also assisted with event planning and added administrative support for UVA’s NFL Pro Day, managed the Alumni and Military Flag Bearer game day program and helped coordinate the alumni mentoring program.
Giusto also served as a student worker in the football recruiting office at Virginia for two years, assisting with day-to-day operations. She helped with on-campus official and unofficial visits and assisted with creating prospect recruiting files, organizing the video library and managing the social media accounts for the recruiting office.
She earned two degrees from Virginia, a bachelor’s degree in media studies and American studies and a master’s degree in higher education with a concentration in intercollegiate athletics administration.