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The Sports Law Competition Board coordinates Sports Law Certificate Program student participation in internal and external sports law competitions. Internally the Board develops and manages the Collegiate Athletics Negotiation Competition each fall, and the Professional Sports Negotiation Competition each spring. The Board also nominates students to participate in all national sports law competitions, and board members serve as liaisons to and supervise each national team.
2025-2026 Competition Board (pictured to the right with the 2025-2026 board)
Sports Law Competition Board Chair – Hunter Hazen
Internal Competition Chair – Nick Owczarzak & Dylan Swenson
National Competition Chair – Grace Casteel & Allie Ruggerio
Marquette Sports Program Internal Competitions
Fall Collegiate Athletics Negotiation Competition winners
- 2025: David Beira & Oliver Hayes
- 2024: Samantha Mudlaff & Pamela Urlacher
- 2023: Monica Martinez & Kait Reeves
- 2022: Austin Montbriand & Daniel Schramm
- 2021: Sarah L'Hommedieu & Clara Sporrer
- 2020: Morgan Hines & Francesca Voci
Spring Professional Sports Negotiation Competition winners
- 2026: Nicholas Owczarzak & JD Pirris
- 2025: Cassidy Atchison & Isabella Gonzalez
- 2024: Austin Chamorro & Arton Riza
- 2023: Abigail Barnett & Samantha Rice
- 2022: Sarah L'Hommedieu & Clara Sporrer
- 2021: Jordan Arrigo & Nicholas Bergosh
Past Winners
- From 2014 until 2019 only 1 intramural competition was held each year.
- 2019: Ashley Graves & Marnae Mawdsley
- 2018: Taylor Chase & Dominic Rosso
- 2017: Sara Dilanjian & Ryan Jordan
- 2016: Michael Gavin & Nicholas Prudenzano
- 2015: Nathan Brown & Alexa Callahan
- 2014: Carin Steber & Phillip Thomson
National Sports Law Competition Teams 2025-2026 Academic Year
Baseball Filing Day Competition (Villanova School of Law)
National Sports Law Negotiation Competition (Thomas Jefferson School of Law)
Chandler D. Estes & Ryan M. Feehan
Alumni Coach = Marnae Mawdsley (L’20), Associate Director, Office of the Committees on Infractions, NCAA, Indianapolis, IN
NBA Trade Deadline Competition at Sandra Day O’Conner College of Law (Arizona State University – Tempe, AZ)
Syndey Cherni, Mallory Anne Gault & Ben Radde
Alumni Coach = Andy Shiffman (L’09), Executive Vice President of Basketball Representation, Priority Sports and Entertainment, Chicago, IL
Fordham National Basketball Negotiation Competition (Fordham University School of Law)
Team 1: Samantha Mudlaff & Pamala Urlacher
Alumni Coach = Jeffrey Roeske (L’14), Senior Corporate Counsel, Uline, Milwaukee, WI
Team 2: Alberto Diaz & Corbett Mackinley Walker
Alumni Coach = Brent Moberg (L’04), Director of Compliance & Adjunct Professor of Sports Law, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN
International Baseball Arbitration Competition (Tulane University Law School)
Matthew R. Gearheart & Ethan Lamb
Alumni Coach = Trevor Haley (L’06), Midwest Regional Scout, Arizona Diamondbacks, Chicago, IL.
International Futbol Negotiation Competition (Tulane University Law School)
Team 1: Cassidy Atchison, Sophie Butler & Delaney M. Dretzka (Semifinalists)
Alumni Coach: Aurusa Moosani (L’19), Associate General Counsel & Director of Compliance, Orlando City Soccer Club and Orlando Pride, Orlando, FL
Team 2: Jolie Candelore, Elizabeth Murphy & Elizabeth A. Palumbo
Alumni Coach: Josh Frieser (L'21), Principal Attorney, Frieser Legal
Mardi Gras National Sports Law Moot Court Competition (Tulane University Law School)
Sydney Leigh Cherni, Ryan M. Feehan & Mallory Anne Gault
Alumni Coaches = Kara Coppage, Corporate Counsel, Integrated Power Services, Greenville, SC (L’15); Tyler Coppage, Director, Legal Affairs, Briggs & Stratton, Milwaukee, WI (L’15); & Jill Ingels, Vice President of Legal and Business Operations, Milwaukee Bucks, Milwaukee, WI (L’17)
Professional Football Negotiation Competition (Tulane University Law School)
Ethan R. Saberhagen, Stephan Walker & Gretta Yahn
Alumni Coach: Karla Nettleton (L’17), Tax Controversy Attorney, Johnson Controls, Milwaukee, WI