PORTLAND, OREGON — Game Face Sports Career Training Camp attendees Alia Short and Michael Ogunwumi have been placed into account executive positions with the Washington Nationals of Major League Baseball. Short will be responsible for selling, marketing, and promoting season ticket packages in the D.C. market while Ogunwumi’s focus will be on servicing current ticket holder accounts.

Chris Gargani, Director of Ticket Sales for the Nationals, played a key role in the interview process. “With our recent change in ownership, we’ve been building our front office staff,” said Gargani. “Based on the success I’ve had hiring from Game Face while with other organizations, I made it a priority to work with them on these important hires. I expect Alia and Michael to be great additions to our team.”

Short is ecstatic about the opportunity to work in MLB in the nation’s capital. "It’s hard to put into words how excited I am to be working for the Washington Nationals. Working in the sports industry has always been my passion, so being employed as an account executive for the Nationals is a dream come true," said Short. “Without the phenomenal preparation, intense training, and informative guidance from the Sports Career Training Camp, I would not be in such a prestigious and sought after position.”

Short graduated from Rutgers University in May 2006 with a bachelor’s degree in communication and a minor in sociology. Prior to graduation she interned with a global sports agency involved with recruiting high school athletes, and was also employed by ADT Security Services as a sales representative responsible for selling household security systems.

Ogunwumi, a native of Bowie, Maryland, graduated from the University of Maryland in 2005 with a double major in criminal justice and English. “I made several attempts to land a job with a D.C. area team before attending the Training Camp but found it difficult to stand out in a crowded field of applicants. Because neither of my majors were really conducive to a position with the front office of a team, I felt the need to somehow differentiate myself in other ways. That is when I discovered Game Face’s conference,” said Ogunwumi. “The training and skills I developed along with Game Face’s ability to work directly with hiring managers really gave me the inside track to getting hired in my own home town.”