Name: Erin McDowell

Hometown: Houston, TX

College and major/degree(s): The University of Texas, BBA in Marketing

Hobbies: watching sports, shopping, working out

Likes: Texas Longhorns, Austin, mexican food, traveling, Law & Order

Dislikes: hypocrites, peas, cold weather, pessimism

Favorite Baseball Team: Houston Astros

Favorite Baseball Player of all-time: Craig Biggio

Favorite play in a baseball game: home runs

Favorite Sports Movie of all-time: Any Given Sunday

Favorite Sports Quote: ‘Whoever said, ‘It’s not whether you win or lose that counts,’ probably lost.’ Martina Navratilova

Best sports moment as a fan or a player: Beating Nebraska for the Big 12 Championship by 1 point at the last second so that we could make it to the Championship!

Thing you like most about sports: the atmosphere when at a game, the enthusiasm from the fans, the competition

Why do you want to work in sports?: fun selling atmosphere, many opportunities to work with different teams and in different places, growth opportunities

What do you want to get out of your internship with the Redbirds?: experience and knowledge of the sports industry, become a better
sales person

What does your specific internship entail?: selling season tickets to new and past buyers, selling group tickets, potentially selling advertising
and sponsorships

Career Aspirations: To work in corporate sales for a sports team, move higher up in a sales position (account executive, director, VP, etc..)

Three things you cannot live without: Music, chapstick, Iphone

If you were a beverage, what kind of beverage would you be?: coke – it goes with a lot of things (I think so), its bubbly

Theme song to your life: So Fresh, So Clean – Outkast

What is the background on your cell phone?: A picture of my siblings and I at my graduation