The Sport Club Executive Board consists of five student members and may have additional non-voting members. Members are elected by their peers and serve as a liaison between the Sport Club Council and the Sport Club staff, assist with select operations of the Sport Club program, plan Sport Club events throughout the year, and assist with the budget allocation process.
2021-2022 Executive Board
John Dencker
Email: jdencker2000@gmail.com
Club: Polo
Major: Marketing
Favorite Club Memory: Competing in the Texas Arena League.
Favorite Sports Team: Knicks
Peyton Hining
Email: peytonhining@gmail.com
Club: Women’s Volleyball
Major: Kinesiology, with a minor in Mathematics
Favorite Club Memory: Jamming out with my friends on the way to tournaments and getting to stay in different hotels like little mini vacations!
Favorite Sports Team: Dallas Cowboys and the Texas Rangers
Rita Katanjian
Email: ritakatanjian@gmail.com
Club: Equestrian
Major: Communication Design
Favorite Club Memory: I don’t have a single moment but I love going to regionals and watch all my friends hard work pay off!
Favorite Sports Team: NetJets U.S. Jumping Team
Scott Leek
Email: scottleek@my.unt.edu
Club: Esports
Major: Accounting and Auditing BS/MS
Favorite Club Memory: My best memory in our clubs must be the launching days of Valorant, where only a select few of us had access to the beta keys for the game. We anticipated this game so much that I founded the UNT Valorant club with my close friend Bradley Duncan a month before launch day. The experience of a game that satisfied our hunger for a new take on a tactical competitive shooter, similar to our experiences in CS:GO, was exhilarating. Combined with the timing of lockdowns and COVID, we had all the time in the world to frag.
Favorite Sports Team: Team Liquid for their 2019 Summer Grand Slam run.
Emily Smitham
Email: charlottesmitham@my.unt.edu
Club: Swim
Major: Kinesiology
Favorite Club Memory: Road tripping to compete at LA Tech!
Favorite Sports Team: LA Current (ISL Swimming)