BLACKSBURG – Virginia Tech soccer coach Brent Pry introduced three new hires to this system’s help employees, Caleb Selk within the place of director of soccer operations, Kelsey Vinson within the function of director of sports activities science and Camden Gresham as a recruiting assistant. 

“I am thrilled to add Caleb, Kelsey and Camden to our staff,” mentioned Virginia Tech Head Coach Brent Pry. “They are high caliber individuals who bring unique skill sets and diverse experiences to our program with an ability to greatly impact Virginia Tech football on and off the field.”

Selk (Manteno, Ill., Manteno) brings greater than six years of expertise within the NFL together with one other six years in faculty athletics. He served in operations and advertising roles with the NFL’s Chicago Bears (2017-19) after beforehand working as an gear intern within the group. During his time in Chicago, Selk oversaw operations for the Bears Training Camp in 2017 and 2018, together with lodging, transportation, meals, credentials, services, staff itineraries and vendor logistics.

He arrives in Blacksburg after spending the final 12 months because the director of soccer operations and participant improvement at Eastern Illinois University. In that capability, Selk performed a key function in all day-to-day operations of the Panthers’ soccer program. In addition to aiding with all staff journey logistics, he coordinated the staff’s group service efforts and served as a liaison with compliance, fundraising and facility administration. His duties concerned aiding with participant personnel, recruiting technique and managing the staff’s funds.

Selk spent final summer season in expertise operations as a minor league video coordinator for the Milwaukee Brewers double-A staff in Biloxi, Mississippi, following faculty baseball teaching stints at Greenville University (2020-21) and McKendree University (2021-22).

A Manteno, Illinois native, Selk is a 2019 graduate of Wheaton College the place he earned a bachelor’s diploma in enterprise and economics whereas taking part in baseball and serving as a staff captain.

 

Vinson (Laurens, S.C., Laurens District 55) will work collaboratively with Pry, in addition to director of soccer energy and conditioning Dwight Galt IV, Tech’s sports activities medication and athletic coaching staff and the remainder of the soccer employees. She will try to scale back the danger of non-contact harm, enhance athletic qualities conducive to sport success and promote sport day readiness.  Through using wearable units, Vinson will look at volumes, depth, explosive efforts, change of instructions and pace, whereas additionally monitoring sleep patterns, restoration and coronary heart fee. Sports science information will function an funding for the well being and success of Tech student-athletes.

Vinson joins the Hokies after serving for the previous 12 months as a sports activities scientist and information analyst with Bear Cognition, a knowledge intelligence agency in Charleston, South Carolina targeted on simplifying the world of knowledge and analytics for companies. She labored with coaches and athletes from varied backgrounds within the ACC, SEC, Big 12, Sun Belt, Mountain West and American conferences. Along with collegiate packages, she labored with the US Olympic and Paralympic Committees, guiding decision-making to optimize sports activities efficiency. She utilized analytics and statistical fashions to spotlight key efficiency indicators and assist maximize aggressive benefits.

 

Vinson beforehand established and developed a Sports Science program at Auburn, compiling efficiency metrics for 17 groups and greater than 400 student-athletes. She labored as an utilized sports activities scientist with the University of Virginia soccer staff in 2021, following a 12 months as a knowledge analyst and restoration assistant with the Clemson Applied Science Lab.

 

Vinson accomplished her bachelor’s diploma in well being science from Clemson University in 2019 and obtained her grasp’s in utilized well being analysis and analysis from the college in 2020.

 

Gresham (Greensboro, N.C., Northwest Guilford) joins the participant personnel division within the function of recruiting assistant as Pry continues to strengthen Tech’s recruiting efforts. A 2022 graduate of Virginia Tech’s Pamplin School of Business, she labored as a pupil assistant throughout her time as an undergraduate earlier than incomes a post-graduate recruiting internship with the Hokies. 

Gresham’s duties embrace prepping mailing supplies for prospects, getting into information into the recruiting database and interacting with prospects and their households throughout recruiting occasions. She performs a necessary function in planning and executing all prospect visits to campus, camps and sport day visits. Gresham’s new function will permit her to develop the depth of her involvement in this system’s day-to-day recruiting operations whereas serving to assemble and develop the Hokies’ recruiting lessons.

Gresham is a local of Greensboro, North Carolina.