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Where are they now?
Business degree
escorts alumnus
to New York Mets
After attending a sports marketing program, Michael
North went to work in the Mets' sales department
BY CANEIA WOOD
NEWS REPORTER
University alumnus Michael North
graduated in spring 2001 but has al
ready landed a job with the New York
Mets. He earned a business adminis
tration degree with an emphasis in
sports marketing from the University.
North, who works in the Group
and Community Sales Department
tor the Mets, was hired
after attending a two
week sports marketing
program in Portland.
“I went to Game
Face academy in Port
land where I got in
tense sports market
ing training and got to
interview with the
New York Mets,”
North said.
North began his
work for the Mets in
January 2002, where
he sells tickets to
groups ranging in size
from 25 people to
thousands of people.
He also helps organize
theme nights, includ
ing Korean, Italian and
Greek nights.
“He’s a nice guy,
which is the highest
compliment I could
give him,” Rick North,
Michael North’s fa
ther, said.
Rick North — a project director for
Physicians for Social Responsibility, a
nonprofit organization in Oregon —
said it’s been difficult living far away
from his son.
“We don’t get to see him very
much,” Rick North said. “We com
bine trips so if I go on a business trip
to the East Coast, then I stop by and
see him; my wife does that too.”
Michael North, who grew up in
Baltimore, Md., before moving to
Portland in ninth grade, was some
what used to the city life, but he said
that life in New York is very different
from life in Eugene or Portland.
“New York is a much bigger city;
there’s a lot going on here,” North
said. “There’s an amazing night life,
which is an amazing place to be
when I’m young.”
North graduated from Thalatin
High School and chose to attend the
University because it was close to his
home, yet far enough away.
While at the University, North
participated in intramural soccer
and worked at Pearl Street Ice
Cream Parlour and the Outback
Steakhouse in Eugene.
He also met Kam Shiroma in the
residence halls and later moved into
a house with him and other friends.
“We’re good buddies,” Shiroma
said. “We’ve stayed in contact ever
since college.”
Shiroma, who works for a social
service company in New
York, said he lived with
North for about half a year
when he first moved there.
“He’s a good guy,
an admirable guy; he’s
very dependable and mo
tivated,” Shiroma said.
“He always knew he’d
work in sports.”
“We knew he was look
ing for a job in sports mar
keting that can take you
anywhere across the coun
try,” Rick North said.
Michael North said his
business classes prepared
him for his future and he
really enjoyed all of his
sports marketing classes.
“I took a sponsorship
class. It was enjoyable
and pretty applicable for
what I’m doing now,”
North said.
North’s advice for cur
rent undergraduates is to
be willing to get experi
ence before jumping into
wnaiever career mey even
tually want to have.
“In any field, you need experience
before hopping into the career you re
ally want,” North said.
After graduating from the Univer
sity, North moved to Portland where
he got experience that he says helped
prepare him for his current career. “I
worked for a direct sales company
working door-to-door and business
to-business for six months, and I
worked at the Marriott in Portland for
she months,” North said.
He said his previous sales experi
ence has really helped in his work for
the Mets, as well as the phone experi
ence he got while working at the
Marriott hotel.
North says he hopes to stay in New
York for the next few years.
“My future is pretty wide open,”
North said. “I’d like to stay with the
Mets or in the sports industry, but
what I’ll be doing in a year I couldn’t
tell you.”
canelawood@ daily emerald, com
MICHAEL NORTH
Graduated: Spring 2001
Degree earned: Business
administration, emphasis in
sports marketing
Involved in: Intramural soc
cer, worked at Pearl Street Ice
Cream Parlour and Outback
Steak House
Big issue at the time: The
2000 presidential election.
Eugene had more Nader
supporters than Gore or Bush
supporters; Nader even
mentioned Eugene as a city
his campaign would win.
IN BRIEF
Kraayeveld among 50
Naismith Trophy finalists
The Atlanta Tipoff Club an
nounced on Tuesday that Oregon
senior forward Cathrine Kraayeveld
was on the list of 50 players in con
tention for the Naismith Trophy, pre
sented by Cingular Wireless.
The Naismith TVophy is presented
to the nation’s top player in both
men’s and women’s basketball.
The list was compiled by the Atlanta
Tipoff Club’s Board of Selectors, which
is composed of leading basketball
journalists, coaches and administrators
from around the country.
“The women’s preseason candi
dates represent the very best in col
lege basketball,” Atlanta Sports
Council President Gary Stokan said.
Kraayeveld averaged 17.2 points,
8.6 rebounds, and 3.1 blocked shots
in the five games she played last sea
son before suffering a season-ending
knee injury.
“She has had to get through a cou
ple of injury-plagued years,” Oregon
head coach Bev Smith said of
Kraayeveld. “So it’s a real credit to
her and her ability to play the game.”
— Brian Smith