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The Redskins named former Rams VP/Tickets & Premium Seating JAKE BYE Senior VP/Consumer Sales & Marketing, a new position with the club. Bye will be responsible for the team’s marketing and sales efforts for all consumer revenue categories. He spent 12 years with the Rams and played a key role in the club’s relocation from St. Louis to L.A. (Daniel Kaplan, Staff Writer).

CAMPUS CONNECTIONS: The collegiate summer baseball West Coast League named former ESPN and Fox Sports MLB writer ROB NEYER its first Commissioner (WCL)....Chicago State Univ. hired former NFLer and Prairie State Univ. AD CHRIS ZORICH as AD. Zorich replaces interim AD TRACY DILDY, and will start May 8 (CHICAGOTRIBUNE.com, 5/1)....The Aspire Group promoted KEVIN HILL to Team Leader of Group Sales and DILLON DEL ROSSO to Team Leader of Ticket Sales & Development for its Univ. of Maryland Fan Relationship Management Center. The company has hired the following people as Sales Consultants: ZACHARY MANDLEBLATTVY QUACHMARCUS WILSONBRYSON DORSEYJONATHAN SALGADOKIPP HARTUNGANDREW PARKGISELE ROBERTSCAMERON MASONDOUG ASHBECKKENNETH SIEMERSEDWARD BAKERGISELA BRADLEYLAMONT HANNAHRUMEAL MOSLEYALEC COUGHLINTEVIN LANIERLANDRY SMITH and TYLER JONES (THE DAILY).

EXECS: Endeavor Global Marketing named former Publicis Media Global Head of Sport & Entertainment ROBIN CLARKE Senior VP/Int'l (IMG)....The Hurricanes named Canadiens Senior VP/Hockey Operations RICK DUDLEY to the same position (NEWSOBSERVER.com, 5/1).


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