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Career objective: A professional athlete/trainer seeking career change boasting international experience, interpersonal and leadership skills, and drive to accomplish mutually rewarding goals in the workforce. Consensus driven communicator; ability to liaise across various management styles, domestic or international, to promote organizational success.
Skills (Professional Athlete): Team-Player, Excellent Communication, & Great Hand, and Quick Learner Flexible, Reliable, and Dependable Hard-worker.
• Adult/Youth Basketball Training
• Sports Event/Activity Coordinator
• Team Building Skills/Activities
• Health Coach (Fitness)
Skills (Sociology & Psychology): areas of expertise are listed below in the following field.
• Youth Leadership Training
• Youth Activity Coordinator
• Mental Health Coaching
Skills (Finance): areas of expertise are listed below in the following field.
• Project Management
• Finance/Budgeting
• Forecasting
• Mathematics/ Science Tutoring
Experience
JUNE 2020 – PRESENT
Professional Athlete (Basketball)/ CNSL SPORTS MANAGEMENT – CHICAGO, ILLINOIS
• Competing in high level exhibition games and post season tournaments for rankings
• Completing a series of training sessions per week to maintain optimal physique to participate at a high level of competition which requires a tremendous amount of discipline
• Participating in team building skills that improves communication, comradery amongst one another and to enhance mental toughness in strenuous situations Akeema S.
Richards
Permanent: 6210 Radecke Ave Baltimore, MD 21206
Residential: 3196 Mount Zion Rd Apt 4005 Stockbridge, GA 30281 Cell Phone: 762-***-****
Business Phone 443-***-****
*******@****.*** (main)
****************@*****.*** (business/work)
Akeema S. Richards
• Time management skills are essential when you are a professional athlete being punctual to scheduled routinely workouts, meetings, and exhibition games throughout the week will lead to optimal performance on and off the court.
MAY 2020-PRESENT
Basketball/Fitness Trainer (Coach)/ E’Z DOES IT TOO LLC- ATLANTA, GA Chief Executive Officer (CEO)/Founder: Akeema S. Richards
• Mission: Our focus is providing high-level basketball training (performance) that will lead to optimal performances on and off the court.
• In person training and virtual training can be coordinated depending on the guardians/players’ preference (virtual preference: guardians/players are required to send a video of their workout regimen that will be provided for them for completion, accountability and safety purposes
• Evaluations and recommendations are completed after a completed four-week period to build on strengths and enhance weaknesses
• Advanced: As requested by the guardians/players (dietary/nutrition recommendations can be provided based on specific allergies) to boost player’s performance on the court AUGUST 2019 – JUNE 2020
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Grade Math Teacher/ CHERRY HILL ELEMENTARY AND MIDDLE – BALTIMORE MD
• Personalizes the Eureka math curriculum to create an individualized and interactive approach to Pre- Algebra, Algebra, and Geometry topics for each student
• Serves as a student advisor, helping students to clearly define and follow their academic paths
• Applies progressive classroom management techniques to foster a safe but academically challenging classroom environment.
JANUARY 2018 – JUNE 2019
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Grade Math and Science Substitute Educator/ HAZELWOOD ELEMENTARY AND MIDDLE – BALTIMORE MD
• Introduced students to complicated social topics and basic math/science concepts from the Eureka curriculum such as culture, addition/subtraction, geometric objects, and potential versus kinetic energy.
• Provided individualized student objectives to ensure a safe and healthy learning environment for all students.
JANUARY 2016 – AUGUST 2018
Senior Collections Specialists (Lead Position)/ NAVIENT SOLUTIONS INC – NEWARK DE
• Processed specific programs to adjust financial needs of customers that qualified for concessions
• Worked within client standards and federal regulations to locate debtors and assure efforts to help prevent litigation actions with our debtors.
Experience Continued:
AUGUST 2014 – FEBRUARY 2016
Recovery Specialist/ ROCKFORD CENTER INC – NEWARK DE
• Participated in treatment planning by helping to identify patients’ problems, needs, and strengths.
• Planned and prepared for group and one on one sessions/evaluations.
• Maintained patient, program, and department related documentation, ensuring that forms were properly and promptly completed and routed.
• Assisted in the patient admission process, including obtaining vital signs, safety search of patients and personal belongs, obtaining urine specimens, and orienting new patients to the unit and their programs. Education
MARCH 2016- JANUARY 2020
MBA in Finance/ WILMINGTON UNIVERSITY – WILMINGTON DE GPA: 3.33
• The curriculum prepared us for management and leadership positions in all types of business enterprises including health care organizations, financial institutions, and not-for-profit organizations
• Used financial management, economic principles, and modern marketing techniques to ensure the efficient operation and strong fiscal future of organizations.
• Executed strategic plans that critically examined an organization’s internal and external environments and selected creative, feasible business alternatives. SUMMER OF AUGUST 2019
Baltimore City Teaching Residency/ DUNBAR HIGH SCHOOL BALTIMORE, MD
• Participated in a rigorous, six-week pre-service training program that centered on field experience and personalizing the Eureka math curriculum for young scholars.
• Intensively studied and practiced varied teaching techniques and in-depth content knowledge to advance student learning with peers and students in summer school classrooms.
• Taught Eureka’s Algebra 1 Summer Bridge course at Dunbar High School as a summer school program. AUGUST 2010- MAY 2014
BA and BS in Criminal Justice/ UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE – NEWARK, DE GPA: 3.0
• The program is structured around a core of criminal justice courses on such topics as law enforcement, the judicial process, juvenile justice, corrections, and the criminal law.
• Criminal Justice courses consisted of the American corrections system and a survey of the most pressing correctional problems of the twenty-first century. Philosophy of punishment extensively discussed. Major emphasis on the nature of the prison experience, alternatives to incarceration, judicial intervention in correctional affairs and the controversy over the efficacy of rehabilitation programs.
• Sociology courses is the study of society, social organization and social institutions with special emphasis on the social causes and consequences of human behavior.
• Political Science Course Focuses on fundamental rights and the constitutional guarantee of equal protection of the laws.
• Psychology was centered around the process of psychological science. Includes coverage of research methods, biological bases of behavior, sensation and perception, cognitive psychology, abnormal behavior and treatment, developmental psychology, and social and personality psychology.
• Child Psychology consisted of Survey of the interactions of physiological, psychological, and environmental factors determining psychological development. Consideration of major theories of child development.
• Field Experience- in my last semester, my work as student/intern in the field dealt with taking a course at the Women’s Detention facility in New Castle, DE. Organizations/Activities
FEBRUARY 2023-
Professional Athlete (Basketball)/ BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA
• Member of KK Lavovi Brcko Women’s Basketball team
• League:
• Standings:
• Awards:
• Stats: PPG:, FG%:, 2FG%:, 3FG%:, FT%:, RPG:, Ast:, Stl: ; TO:, Eff:
• Extracurricular Activities:
OCTOBER 2022-FEBRUARY 2023
Professional Athlete (Basketball)/ YEREVAN, ARMENIA
• Member of Les Foxes Women’s Basketball team
• League: Armenian Women’s Basketball Federation
• Standings: 2
nd
place; Basketball Federation of Armenia Women’s Basketball Armenian Championship
• Awards: 2022- 2023 Basketball Federation of Armenia Best Shooting Guard
• Stats: PPG: 24.63, FG%: 49.6%, 2FG%: 51.21%, 3FG%: 34.38%, FT%:61.75%, RPG: 12.2, Ast: 4, Stl: 4; TO: 2, Eff: 29.19
website: https://deepstats.feedconstruct.com/dashboard/players/rebounds?statisticsType=Average)
• Extracurricular Activities: Broadcaster for the 2022-2023 the Men’s Caucasus Basketball League Exhibition Game: New Bayazet vs. BC Dvin-Cilicia https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K- EpcJ4i2uA
CBL All-Star Skills Challenge: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kvN8TsLOcmE CBL 3-point contest: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QLZ0dn1q6AA CBL Dunk Contest: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uBUc85oEuo8 CBL All-Star Game: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ghRKYq1AZ8M JANUARY 2022- APRIL 2022
Professional Athlete (Basketball)/ AGUASCALIENTES, MEXICO
• Member Lobas Aguascalientes of Women’s Basketball Team
• League: Liga de Feminal
• Standings: N/A
• Awards: N/A
• Website for Stats Reviewal: https://basketball.eurobasket.com/player/Akeema-Richards/Mexico/Lobas- Aguascalientes/192785?Women=1
• Film link: First half: https://fb.watch/brVSeQFON1/ and Second half: https://fb.watch/brVUlaB7bi/ ) Organizations/Activities Continued…
SEPTEMBER 2021- JANUARY 2022
Professional Athlete (Basketball)/ DUBLIN, IRELAND
• Member of Griffith College Tempolegue Women’s Basketball Team
• League: Basketball Ireland
• Standings: 2nd place, silver medal finalist
• Awards: 2022 National Cup Division 1 Runner Up (2nd place)
• Website for Stats Reviewal: https://ireland.basketball/202***********-missquote.ie JUNE 2021-AUGUST 2021
Youth Head Basketball Coach/ CARL RHODENIZER RECREATION CENTER– MORROW, GA
• Coordinated strategic offensive and defensive game plans for practices, exhibition and post season games
• Maintained discipline, addressed grievances, and worked to create good morale, cooperation, and team unity
• Held team bonding activities to build camaraderie
• Supervised fifteen plus student athletes in a safe and conducive environment for practices, competitions, and other outings.
• Evaluated equipment gear to ensure the safety of the athletes
• Awards: 2021 Summer League Runner-Ups (13u)
SPRING AND SUMMER OF 2021
Professional Athlete (Basketball)/ SAN SALVADOR, EL SALVADOR AND SAN JUAN PUERTO RICO)
• Member of U.S. Virgin Islands Senior Women’s Basketball team (Spring and Summer of 2021)
• Training camp: 2-3 weeks St. Croix Virgin Islands
• Standings: 2nd place, silver medal finalist
• Awards: Qualified to advance to the Women’s Americup (June 2021) hosted in Puerto Rico
• Stats: Ppg: 8.0, Rebounds: 4.5 Asts: 1.5
APRIL 2019 – PRESENT
Counting Prophets Inc. (2019)/ MAY 2019 BALTIMORE, MD
• Counting Prophets' Mission: is not only to inspire the students in our community, but to inspire students globally.
Organizations/Activities Continued…
• Financial literacy is the joining factor that will help these students build communication skills, partnerships, relationships, and gain a better understanding of maintaining their personal finances.
• CHARITABLE EVENTS CHRISTMAS OF 2019 BALTIMORE, MD
Counting Prophets Inc. (2019) held its first annual give away to homeless during the Christmas holiday. A few of my close colleagues and friends volunteered to distribute food and clothing items to the individuals who are cared for by the Homeless for Healthcare facility. MARCH 2019 – MAY 2019
Assistant Jr Varsity Softball Coach/ WESTERN HIGH SCHOOL – BALTIMORE, MD
• Coordinated strategic offensive and defensive game plans for practices, exhibition and post season games
• Maintained discipline, addressed grievances, and worked to create good morale, cooperation, and team unity
• Held team bonding activities to build camaraderie
• Supervised fifteen plus student athletes in a safe and conducive environment for practices, competitions, and other outings.
• Evaluated equipment gear to ensure the safety of the athletes SUMMER OF 2014
Professional Athlete (Basketball)/ (BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS AND MONTERREY, MEXICO)
• Member of U.S. Virgin Islands Senior Women’s Basketball team (Summer 2014)
• Training camp: 2-3 weeks St. Croix Virgin Islands
• Tournament: Women's Centrobasket Championship)
• Standings: 3rd place, bronze medal finalist
• Awards: Advanced qualified to advance to Canada
• Stats: Ppg:10.2, Apg: 5.2 Rebounds: 3.2
AUGUST 2010 –MAY 2014
Collegiate Athlete (Basketball)/ UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE (NEWARK, DE)
• Member of the University of Delaware Women’s Basketball team (2010-2014)
• Two-time CAA Champion (2012 and 2013)
• All tournament First team (2012)
• Two NCAA appearances against University of Kentucky and University of North Carolina
• Member of the First Women’s basketball team in the University of Delaware history to make a Sweet Sixteen appearance; defeated top #10 ranked school University of North Carolina Organizations/Activities Continued…
SUMMER OF 2012
Professional Athlete (Basketball)/ ST. CROIX VIRGIN ISLANDS AND MOROVAIS, PUERTO RICO)
• Member of U.S. Virgin Islands Senior Women’s Basketball team (Summer of 2012)
• Training camp: 2-3 weeks St. Croix Virgin Islands
• Tournament: Women's Centrobasket Championship
• Standings: 4th place, team finished 2-3 overall and lost in the Group 18 Finals to Jamaica
• Awards: N/A
• Stats: Ppg: 11.4 (also ranked 10th with), Apg: 3.8, Rebounds: 3.4 AUGUST 2009-MAY 2010
Collegiate Athlete (Basketball)/ WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY (MORGANTOWN, WV)
• Member of Women’s Basketball (2009-2010)
• League: Big East Division 1 Full Scholarship Student Athlete, Role Player (2009-2010)
• Awards: 2009-2010 NCAA Second Round
• Stats: Ppg.2.1 fgp:40.3% Steals: 27 Defensive rebounds:26 MPG:9.9 References
1. Agent: Jeanette Samuels (CNCL Sports Management) Relationship: CNCL Sports Management is my current agent (consult her for any business inquiries) Phone: 872-***-****
Email: **********@*******.***
2. Coach: Hirutan (Les Foxes)
Relationship: Head coach of Les Foxes (2022-2023)
Phone: +374*-**-****** (WhatsApp)
3. Coach: Tajama Ngonba (USVI National Team)
Relationship: Head coach of the USVI Women’s National Team (2012, 2021) Phone: 703-***-**** (cell)
4. Dustin Simcox (EuroBasket Summer League Coordinator) Relationship: WCL Sports Management owner and an international certified agent Phone 330-***-**** (cell)
Email: *******@*************.*** (email).
5. Tina Martin (Former Head Coach of University of Delaware) Relationship: Former head coach on the University of Delaware Women’s basketball Phone: 336-***-**** (cell)
6. Yvonne Hne (Baltimore City Teaching Residency)
Relationship: Mentor/Co-Teacher (Algebra Summer Bridge) Email: ****@****.***.**.**
7. Stephanie Drerup (Hazelwood Elementary and Middle School) Relationship: 1
st
grade Co-Teacher
Email: ********@****.***.**.**
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