Loyola's Hoops, Exline Chosen For NCAA Career In Sports Forum

CHICAGO – Kyle Exline (Oak Lawn, Ill./Oak Lawn) and Erik Hoops (Perrysburg, Ohio/Perrysburg) of Loyola University Chicago are two of the 303 total student-athletes that have been selected to participate in the 2011 NCAA Career in Sports Forum, June 12-15, in Indianapolis. The NCAA Career in Sports Forum is a four-day event through which selected student-athletes explore and become educated on careers in sports, many with a primary focus on intercollegiate athletics.

Exline is a senior setter on the Rambler men’s volleyball team and so far this season has accumulated 133 assists, 27 digs and 18 service aces for the Ramblers, who are ranked No. 12 in the nation.

Hoops, a junior on the Loyola men’s golf squad, ranks third on the team with a 76.8 stroke average through 23 rounds of action. He has recorded three top-ten finishes in 2010-11, including a tie for second place at the Butler Spring Invitational in March.

The Forum features 10 sport-specific coaching tracks and one administration track. The coaching track includes the following sports: cross country/track and field, basketball, field hockey, football, golf, ice hockey, lacrosse, soccer, tennis, and volleyball. The administrator track will cover the internal and external operations of an intercollegiate athletics department, which includes: academics, communications, compliance, development, event management and marketing.

Participants in the Forum will examine the functions of a coach or administrator within sports. Foundational skills such as communication, networking, recruiting, managing culture, transitioning, and budgeting will be addressed.