Texas A&M University-Commerce Associate Athletics Director for Compliance and Student Services Dale Brown announced the hiring of Daniel Calderon as the athletic department’s Athletic Compliance Coordinator in May 2022.
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Calderon comes to Texas from Temple University in Philadelphia, where he served as a graduate extern for student-athlete affairs and compliance. He was tasked with evaluating transcripts of incoming high school student-athletes and managing recruiting visits as well as other promotional activities for the Owls.
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A 2020 graduate of Central Washington University in Ellensburg, Washington, Calderon received his degree in sport management, while competing on the track & field team and serving as the president of the Student-Athlete Advisory Committee.
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Calderon served on the game day operations staff at Central Washington and assisted in preparations for home athletics events. Also at Central Washington, he served in a marketing and promotions internship, creating schedule cards and designing in-event marketing plans for all indoor varsity athletic contests. He was instrumental in the Wildcats setting the Great Northwest Athletic Conference record for single-match attendance in volleyball.
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During his senior year, he worked with the GNAC office as a championships assistant and spearheaded the Player-2-Referee Initiative withing the conference, encouraging fellow student-athletes to pursue careers as officials.
