Rec. Sports Staff

Meet the dedicated people who make Messiah Rec Sports happen! Scroll down to see the friendly faces and learn a bit more about those who give their time and energy to bring you fun and competitive opportunities.

Director of Rec. Sports: Heather Greer

Game Day Supervisors

Josh Nielsen "Chip" "Charlie" Junior History Major, Criminal Justice Minor		Born and raised in the streets of Collegeville, Pennsylvania, Josh is no stranger to danger. He loves being outdoors and playing sports of all types, especially football, basketball and frisbee. Josh also enjoys settling down to a friendly game of call of duty every now and again. When asked to describe himself in three words, Josh responded, "active, caring, and fun."
Kayleigh Hershey “K-to-the-lee” “H-bar” Sophomore Sustainability in Agriculture Major, Youth Ministry Minor		Kayleigh has grown up in the never ending farm land of Lancaster County. No matter the weather, there is nothing that she enjoys more than playing soccer. Kayleigh loves working with kids and playing football, volleyball, and tennis. If you can’t find her on the soccer field or munching on food while studying science, she can be found reading a good book, playing Dutch Blitz, or drinking coffee.
Josh Curtis Junior History Ed. Major		Born the son of world conqueror and prestigious pharmacist Tom and water bottle distributor Heather, Josh was conflicted at a young age as to what his future should be. Should he follow in his father’s or mother’s footsteps? During the years of adolescence, Josh befriended a giant osprey and would ride him to school. But one day after the osprey dropped Josh off at school he was shot by a hunter and killed. Josh was crushed and could not bring himself to finish his homework. That is until; a group of falcons came to Josh’s window and consoled him. Years later when it was time to choose a college the decision was easy Josh would attend Messiah College home of the falcons. In all reality I look forward to this year and working with Rec. Sports.
Brittany Salloum Senior Business Admin. Major		Brittany is from the great state of Michigan (a.k.a. The Mitten). She enjoys playing volleyball, relaxing, reading, spending time with friends and shopping. Brittany is a die-hard Ohio State football fan, despite all of the recent bad publicity. Fun facts: she is a germophobe and slightly OCD.
Jess Hughes "Hughie, Jessie, Hughster, J-Dog, The Great and Mighty, etc..." Senior Psychology Major, Criminal Justice Minor (the most deadly combination)		Hailing from Boston, MA, Jess knows what it takes to be a great sports team, seeing as she has had many examples from all the New England sports teams. Growing up among champions has given Jess the inspiration to work hard; consequently, she hopes to dominate all sports...everywhere. When she is not busy playing every sport in the world, Jess also likes long walks on the beach, saving kittens from trees, helping old ladies cross the street, solving the planets' environmental issues (soon to be published in the latest scientific journal), and helping Obama (when she has the time, of course...). After Jess graduates, she hopes to join the F.B.I. All in all, Jess is just your average Messiah College student; that is, if you define average as amazing, incredible, smart, strong, and just all around wonderful.
Cassy Diamond "Cassanidra" Senior International Business Major		Cassy loves to be active, whether it is running, hiking or biking...the bigger the challenge the better. When Cassy is not outside, you'll find her on the road exploring the east coast and soaking in the last year before her likely return to Arizona after graduation. When she is not out and about, Cassy is bundled up with some hot tea telling a magnificent story.
Michael Cain "Mike Cain" Senior Business Admin. Major		Michael is a self-made business major student. He enjoys long walks on the beach and the occasional toss of the frisbee. Apart from lifting weights, Michael enjoys lifting other weights he can find. Sports and over-competitive activities plays a big roll in his life, but losing is not one of them. Luckily, there is a "me" in "team"
Austin daSilva "Awesome daSilva" Sophomore Psychology Major		Born and raised in the far off land of Lancaster County, Austin has a storied history with Messiah Athletics. After a 2 month stint for the Falcons swim team, Austin decided to pursue a more lucrative career in the Rec. Sports department. He has since been a professional rec. floor hockey player, and rec. basketball player and hopes that this new job as a Rec. Sports Game-Day supervisor will get him even closer to all the action.
Celina Nissley Sophomore Nutrition and Dietetics Major		Celina has grown up on her family’s Meadowview Farm in Lower Dauphin with 5 other sibling. She’s played soccer and field hockey all throughout middle school and high school and is continuing my field hockey career here at Messiah. Summer is her absolute favorite season of the year. She loves going to the beach anytime so that she can to soak in the sun. Celina enjoys reading (non-school related books) going on long car rides blaring country music or anything she likes on the radio, hanging out with friends and family and playing field hockey.
TJ Marchesani Freshman Studio Art Major		The name's TJ Marchesani. He is a freshman studio art major with a concentration in digital design and media. TJ loves competing in anything from pick-up games to the nerf gun wars on my floor. Music is his passion. Sometimes he breaks more of a sweat on the drums than on the field. TJ snowboards in the winter and work as a snowboard instructor for a local mountain. Although he's never the biggest or fastest on the field, he's always game for any sport.

Student Staff

Office Manager:

Megan McMaster

Sophomore

Sport Management Major, Youth Ministry Minor

Coming from the far-away land of New Oxford, Pennsylvania, Megan is a country girl through and through. She enjoys any outdoor activity from skiing to tubing down the Breeches. Although you will most likely find her on the soccer field or volleyball court, she can also be found enjoying an afternoon-in with any old black and white film. Megan also loves coloring, playing board games, watching Penn State football, and attempting to talk in foreign accents.

Staff & Equipment Coordinator:

Sophia McClain

"Sofa"

Junior

Elementary Education/ Special Education Major

Sophie is from Lincoln University Pennsylvania and enjoys going to the beach and trying to get tan. The whole Irish heritage doesn’t help with that though. In her free time she dances and choreographs along with running randomly throughout the day. This does include early mornings. She has a niche for fashion and all sports and hopes to play volleyball till she is one hundred!

Officials Coordinator:

Josh Byler

"Josh"

Senior

Computer Science Major

Josh love sports, movies, and technology. He used to live in Africa, and because of that Josh can’t stand the fact that 95.2% of the time Messiah College is either rainy, cold, or snowing, or some kind of combination of all three. He's a BIG Eagles fan, and is super pumped that RS will actually be having football this year. Josh hasn’t won a Rec. Sports Championship shirt yet, so hopefully this year he can pay the refs enough to make it happen.