Colleen Kelly, Michael Schuler to Oversee Recruiting and Retention
5/13/2022 1:27:00 PM | General
PROVIDENCE, R.I. – Brown Athletics and Recreation has promoted Colleen Kelly '06 to Associate Director of Athletics, Recruiting and Retention, and named Michael Schuler Assistant Director of Athletics, Recruiting. The pair will lead all recruiting responsibilities for all intercollegiate programs, including coordinating recruiting activities, and will oversee recruiting events on campus.
"I want to thank M. Grace Calhoun, PhD., and the Leadership Team for providing me with this opportunity within the Division," said Kelly. "Brown University and Brown Athletics have been a special place for me since I walked through the Van Wickle Gates as a freshman. Being part of the vision to create a centralized recruiting initiative that will capitalize on Brown's unique value propositions is exciting.
With the addition of Schuler, Kelly added "our recruiting office will enhance our external messaging and recruiting efforts as we look to identify, attract and support elite student-athletes. Michael has extensive multimedia experience and we are excited to serve the Division in this capacity."
"I'm excited to be in Providence to become part of the Brown Athletics family," said Schuler. "Everyone that I've met is eager to compete at the highest level and I'm anxious to work with each team to give them the tools and support they need on the field and in the classroom. We've got a great story to tell!"
COLLEEN KELLY
A 2006 graduate of Brown (business economics), Kelly was most recently the Assistant Director of Athletics, Admissions and Financial Aid. She joined Brown in September 2015 as the Manager of Student-Athlete Admissions and Financial Aid. She will oversee recruiting, retention, financial aid and admissions. She also serves as the sport administrator for volleyball, women's fencing, gymnastics and softball.
Kelly earned her MBA in global finance from Bryant. While pursuing her MBA, Kelly worked at Hasbro Inc. as a member of the Global Consumers Insight team. Her primary responsibility was to design, manage, and execute market research projects for Hasbro's online community of families and kids, including survey/discussion guide development, data collection/interviewing, analysis, and reporting.
Kelly served as an assistant women's basketball coach at Brown from 2009-14. She also spent time coaching at Colgate and Longwood.
She joined the historic 1,000-point club and earned Second Team All-Ivy as a senior. In 2005-06, she was pivotal in the Bears' championship season as the program finished 12-2 in league play.
Kelly lives in Warwick with her husband Greg and two children.
MICHAEL SCHULER
Schuler will guide campus visits and build relationships in the Providence community. A veteran in college athletics, Schuler joins the Bears after five years as the athletic video services producer and director at Virginia. He directed linear TV broadcasts for men's and women's basketball, men's and women's soccer, field hockey, volleyball, baseball, and men's and women's lacrosse on ESPN2, ESPNU, and ACC Network. Schuler also produced and directed football and men's basketball for in-venue video board shows and oversaw all live-event production activities for several programs. Pivotal in planning and executing all social media strategies across all Virginia Athletics social media channels, he is well versed in content creation, video composition and editing and post production.
Schuler joined Virginia after 1.5 years at Wake Forest. He is a 2015 graduate of Virginia.
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"I want to thank M. Grace Calhoun, PhD., and the Leadership Team for providing me with this opportunity within the Division," said Kelly. "Brown University and Brown Athletics have been a special place for me since I walked through the Van Wickle Gates as a freshman. Being part of the vision to create a centralized recruiting initiative that will capitalize on Brown's unique value propositions is exciting.
With the addition of Schuler, Kelly added "our recruiting office will enhance our external messaging and recruiting efforts as we look to identify, attract and support elite student-athletes. Michael has extensive multimedia experience and we are excited to serve the Division in this capacity."
"I'm excited to be in Providence to become part of the Brown Athletics family," said Schuler. "Everyone that I've met is eager to compete at the highest level and I'm anxious to work with each team to give them the tools and support they need on the field and in the classroom. We've got a great story to tell!"
COLLEEN KELLY
A 2006 graduate of Brown (business economics), Kelly was most recently the Assistant Director of Athletics, Admissions and Financial Aid. She joined Brown in September 2015 as the Manager of Student-Athlete Admissions and Financial Aid. She will oversee recruiting, retention, financial aid and admissions. She also serves as the sport administrator for volleyball, women's fencing, gymnastics and softball.
Kelly earned her MBA in global finance from Bryant. While pursuing her MBA, Kelly worked at Hasbro Inc. as a member of the Global Consumers Insight team. Her primary responsibility was to design, manage, and execute market research projects for Hasbro's online community of families and kids, including survey/discussion guide development, data collection/interviewing, analysis, and reporting.
Kelly served as an assistant women's basketball coach at Brown from 2009-14. She also spent time coaching at Colgate and Longwood.
She joined the historic 1,000-point club and earned Second Team All-Ivy as a senior. In 2005-06, she was pivotal in the Bears' championship season as the program finished 12-2 in league play.
Kelly lives in Warwick with her husband Greg and two children.
MICHAEL SCHULER
Schuler will guide campus visits and build relationships in the Providence community. A veteran in college athletics, Schuler joins the Bears after five years as the athletic video services producer and director at Virginia. He directed linear TV broadcasts for men's and women's basketball, men's and women's soccer, field hockey, volleyball, baseball, and men's and women's lacrosse on ESPN2, ESPNU, and ACC Network. Schuler also produced and directed football and men's basketball for in-venue video board shows and oversaw all live-event production activities for several programs. Pivotal in planning and executing all social media strategies across all Virginia Athletics social media channels, he is well versed in content creation, video composition and editing and post production.
Schuler joined Virginia after 1.5 years at Wake Forest. He is a 2015 graduate of Virginia.
BROWN UNIVERSITY SPORTS FOUNDATION
The Brown University Sports Foundation (BUSF) is the lifeblood of the athletics program, and exists to enhance the student-athlete experience through philanthropic support from alumni, parents, fans and friends. A gift through the Sports Foundation makes an immediate impact on today's Brown Bears and helps them to be their best in the classroom, in competition and most importantly in the community. To learn more about supporting the Bears, please click here.
FOLLOW US ON SOCIAL
For the latest on Brown Athletics, please follow @BrownAthletics on Twitter, @BrownAthletics on Instagram, like BrownAthletics on Facebook and subscribe to the BrownAthletics YouTube channel.
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