Naira Caceres-Martell Naira is a junior at Butler University currently pursuing her undergrad degree in Marketing and expecting to graduate in 2020. She was raised in Gran Canaria, Spain, thus she is fluent in Spanish and English. At age 18, she decided to further her academic and athletic career at Butler University, which has led […]

For Nine13sports, community events are essential to cultivating deeper engagement with the community. These events give us the opportunity to show more than students what we’re all about. While being in a school setting is great, community events allow older students, parents, etc. to participate in our program. Community events allow us to work with […]

The best part about my internship at Nine13sports is also the most rewarding. Through this internship, I have learned that I have a passion for working with kids that I never knew existed. This is because kids teach you so much about yourself and remind you what it’s like to be childlike. While you get […]

Nine13sports has received an expansion grant from Lilly Endowment Inc. to support additional growth of Nine13sports Kids Riding Bikes and Kids Building Bikes programs throughout Marion County. Nine13sports will be using this matching fund grant to deliver Kids Riding Bikes programming into more schools and also invest in equipment necessary to deliver their newest program […]

You know that look that kids get on Christmas morning? The one where their eyes get wide, their jaw hits the floor and they look at their family members with pure joy and excitement? Yeah, that one. That’s the look I get everyday when I go into schools with our Kids Riding Bikes program. When […]

In our blog today we asked Coach Lizzy to reflect on her time at Nine13sports and what she is taking away from her experience with us… As my time with Nine13sports draws to a close, I have taken some time to reflect on what I’ve learned in my past few months. Beyond the skills and […]

Over the past few months with Nine13sports, I have been able to expand on a variety of skills ranging from community engagement, corporate relations, and youth development. However, the most fundamental skill-set I have been able to develop is communication. Communication can include a multitude of types of interactions, and Nine13sports has given me a […]

In our blog today we asked our fall intern, Lizzy O’Hara, to write about the impact that she’s seen Nine13sports have in the community and what some of her takeaways have been during her first few months interning with us. Over the past couple of months, I have had the pleasure to intern with Nine13sports. […]

John DeWaal is Senior Vice President, Brand Marketing of Anchor Media Services focusing on advising clients to develop integrated marketing plans by leveraging underperforming assets that to help fund marketing activities. With a degree in Marketing from Illinois State University and a Certificate of Accounting from the State University of New York at Buffalo, John […]