Saturday, May 24, 2014

Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (SIAC) Engages Evolution Sports Partners to Develop Strategic Initiatives

CHARLOTTE, North Carolina  --  Damon Evans, Founder and Managing Director of Evolution Sports Partners (“ESP”), and former Athletic Director at University of Georgia, has announced that the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (SIAC) has engaged ESP to develop and implement strategies for continuous quality improvement of Conference operations.

“My partners and I formed ESP to drive business results in the world of Intercollegiate Athletics,” said Damon Evans. “Our team delivers highly specialized consulting, technology and data analytics services that garner insights, capture data and deliver outcomes for college athletic departments, conferences and sports organizations. The SIAC is extremely forward-thinking in their approach and strategy for continuous quality improvement, and we’re excited to be their partner.”

ESP’s Consulting Division is a team of highly specialized experts who take an ownership role in the plans and strategies developed for their clients. The team uses technology to ma
nage the engagement process and offers services centered on the four primary metrics of Intercollegiate Athletics: Academics, Strategy, Fans and Revenue.

“We are thrilled to be partnering with ESP to explore ways we can continue to provide outstanding service to our members, ” said Gregory Moore, Esq., Commissioner of the SIAC. “The power of having an outside, expert team review, analyze and develop strategies to drive academic, business and revenue outcomes, then work with us to ensure our goals are achieved, makes for an outstanding relationship. The engagement will develop a number of new initiatives for the SIAC, offering the best academic and athletic experience for student athletes at our institutions.”

About Evolution Sports Partners
ESP, founded by Damon Evans, Tracy Howe and Peter Kraft, offers a new breed of technology, data analytics and consulting to Intercollegiate Athletics. The company has offices in Morristown, NJ and Charlotte, NC.

About the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference
The SIAC was founded in 1913 and the conference still remains as one of the nation’s most viable forces in Intercollegiate Athletics. The SIAC is a member of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA), participates on the DII level, and sponsors seven men’s championships and six women’s championships annually. The present membership is composed of fourteen institutions from six states with its 15th member joining in the fall of 2014.

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