2008 Woodie Awards
IM coordinator admits shortfalls
Jessica Davis, Content Manager
Issue date: 11/21/06
Last Updated: 12/26/07
Senior intramural coordinator Eric Fredriksen admitted he has not put as much time into intramurals as he would have liked.
"To make [intramurals] excellent, I could have given more time," Fredriksen said.
Fredriksen was recently hired by an accounting firm in Boise, Idaho. Time put into finding a job pulled him away from intramurals, Fredriksen said.
"My studies and my future past Whitworth is much more important than intramurals will ever be," Fredriksen said.
Fredriksen said that on average he works about 10 hours a week. He said the most he worked for intramurals was 25 hours and the least was two hours in a week.
According to the ASWC budget, the intramural coordinator is paid for 20 hours per week.
Fredriksen hired a head referee, senior Michael Tucker, who also acts as the assistant intramural coordinator to help with the heavy load.
"Michael Tucker helped me find what was wrong, what was right in the intramural organization," Fredriksen said.
Tucker said he works between five to 10 hours per week for intramurals. He said he gets paid for five of those hours as head referee.
Because of his schedule, Tucker said he was unable to help out in the day with soccer and Frisbee. Tucker said he mainly oversaw night games.
"I wish I could have been more available to help him," Tucker said.
Last year, there were two intramural coordinators who split up the sports evenly. This year, Fredriksen is managing intramurals on his own.
Tucker said Fredriksen tried to work with teams to create a plausible schedule, which made the season more difficult.
"Eric would ask the captains of the teams what times are hard for their team to make and he tried to schedule the games around it. Being that accommodating to teams made [scheduling] harder," Tucker said.
Fredriksen said the main priority of intramurals is customer service.
"At times, I might get a little fed up with all the requests I get, but my ultimate goal is to make students happy," Fredriksen said.
"To make [intramurals] excellent, I could have given more time," Fredriksen said.
Fredriksen was recently hired by an accounting firm in Boise, Idaho. Time put into finding a job pulled him away from intramurals, Fredriksen said.
"My studies and my future past Whitworth is much more important than intramurals will ever be," Fredriksen said.
Fredriksen said that on average he works about 10 hours a week. He said the most he worked for intramurals was 25 hours and the least was two hours in a week.
According to the ASWC budget, the intramural coordinator is paid for 20 hours per week.
Fredriksen hired a head referee, senior Michael Tucker, who also acts as the assistant intramural coordinator to help with the heavy load.
"Michael Tucker helped me find what was wrong, what was right in the intramural organization," Fredriksen said.
Tucker said he works between five to 10 hours per week for intramurals. He said he gets paid for five of those hours as head referee.
Because of his schedule, Tucker said he was unable to help out in the day with soccer and Frisbee. Tucker said he mainly oversaw night games.
"I wish I could have been more available to help him," Tucker said.
Last year, there were two intramural coordinators who split up the sports evenly. This year, Fredriksen is managing intramurals on his own.
Tucker said Fredriksen tried to work with teams to create a plausible schedule, which made the season more difficult.
"Eric would ask the captains of the teams what times are hard for their team to make and he tried to schedule the games around it. Being that accommodating to teams made [scheduling] harder," Tucker said.
Fredriksen said the main priority of intramurals is customer service.
"At times, I might get a little fed up with all the requests I get, but my ultimate goal is to make students happy," Fredriksen said.
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