This summer, a few new faces began walking through the halls of the Bradley athletic department. From coaches to staff members, they are just a few of the newest Braves to who began their contributions to the fall, or sometime over the summer months. The new staff members include:
Dustyn Yung
Dustyn will serve as the director of operations for the women’s basketball team on the Hilltop.Dustin comes to Bradley from Central Methodist University, where he served as a graduate assistant on the women’s basketball team for the 2013-2015 seasons after working as an assistant coach for the team during the 2012-2013 season.
In addition to assisting with the video operations, Yung also helped with recruiting efforts and put together scouting reports. Yung helped the Eagles to their first National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics tournament appearance in the 2012-2013 season where the team went 25-8. The next season the team went 22-9 for back to back 20-win seasons.
Roger Wexelberg
Wexelberg will the new general manager of Bradley Sports Properties. Roger comes to the Hilltop with 25 years of professional sports experience behind him, including administration positions with numerous Minor League Baseball affiliate teams.
Wexelberg got his start in sports as an assistant ticket manager with the Oklahoma City 86ers, who are the Triple A affiliate of the Texas Rangers, and worked in minor league baseball administration for a decade.
The Eastern Illinois Graduate comes to Bradley after being the VP of development and public relations at Lakeshore Public media, which is located in Merrillville, IN.
Darren Gauson
After former track and cross country coach Willy Wood resigned from his position on the Hilltop, Scotland native Darren Gauson took his place in athletics. Coaching at Lamar University in Beaumont, Texas last year, Gauson led the Cardinals to consecutive Southland Conference championships in 2013 and 2014. He also coached 36 runners to individual Southland Conference Championships.
Prior to his time at Lamar, Gauson both ran as a student athlete and coached at Butler University as an assistant coach. As a runner, Gauson won the Horizon League title in the 1500-meter as a graduate student, as well as claiming the Scottish national championships in 2004 and 2005.
Hayley Zedeck
Zedeck is a recent graduate from Drexel University and will take over the position of coordinator of creative production. Zedeck’s main duties include oversight of live-production of Bradley athletic events on The Valley On ESPN3, as well as in-game production during events at Carver Arena and Renaissance Coliseum.
As a student at Drexel, Zedeck graduated in 2015 with a degree in sports management and worked for Drexel Dragons TV, where she assisted in video production and live streaming of athletics games. Zedeck has also held internship positions at Comcast SportsNet Philadephia, as well as the NBA and WPHL, a local news station in the Philadephia area.
