Robert Morris elevates girls’s hockey workforce pupil supervisor Spuzzillo to Colonials’ new hockey operations coordinator

Robert Morris has introduced the return of Sydney Spuzzillo to the ladies’s hockey employees as the brand new hockey operations coordinator.

Spuzzillo spent this previous season because the workforce’s pupil supervisor, primarily aiding this system from an gear standpoint, gaining firsthand perception into the workforce’s operational wants.

“We’re thrilled to welcome Sydney again to RMU on this very important function,” stated RMU head girls’s coach Logan Bittle in a press release. “Her ardour for the sport, her understanding of our program from her time as a pupil supervisor, and her numerous skilled experiences make her a great match. Sydney’s dedication to the workforce and her organizational abilities can be invaluable as we proceed to attempt for excellence each on and off the ice.

“We all know she’ll be an amazing asset to our employees and our student-athletes.”

Her journey in hockey started on the age of 18 when she joined RMU’s ACHA D2 workforce on campus, the place she served as an alternate captain.

Spuzzillo graduated in Could 2023 with a double main in Sports activities Administration and Advertising, together with a gross sales certificates. Throughout her senior yr, she served because the hockey operations intern for the Premier Hockey Federation (PHF), with most of her work being distant, culminating within the alternative to work the championship sport in Arizona. After commencement, she gained additional expertise within the ECHL as a sport operations intern with the Wheeling Nailers.

Spuzzillo additionally has a long-standing reference to the Ohio Hockey Challenge, the place she labored for six years because the director of administrative operations with Bri McLoughlin. This connection in the end influenced her resolution to return to RMU for her grasp’s diploma in Knowledge Analytics, whereas additionally rejoining the membership hockey workforce.

On the aspect, Spuzzillo has demonstrated a dedication to rising the sport on the grassroots stage, teaching ‘be taught to play hockey’ packages at RMU and for the Cleveland Mini Monsters.

“I’m so excited to be again at RMU working with the workforce once more,” stated Spuzzillo. “The workforce welcomed me with open arms into the household and it feels nice to return residence once more.”