Horizons Fall 2013

35 HORIZONS THE FIELD OFF Nova Southeastern alumni score in sports careers For many NSU graduates, a love of sports can score a career that utilizes their business, law, or sports management degrees. Pete D’Alessandro (J.D., 1994) saw his law degree as an entry to a career in sports after a chance meeting with a sports agent who also was a lawyer. D’Alessandro’s plan paid off—he was named general manager of the Sacramento Kings this past summer. While he was working as a video coordinator at St. John’s University, a visiting sports agent told D’Alessandro that a J.D. was instrumental to understanding the complexities of trades, contract negotiations, and business decisions. The native New Yorker chose NSU because “NSU seemed like a forward-thinking law school,” he said. D’Alessandro has fond memories of the Shepard Broad Law Center. “While at NSU, my mind opened to new ideas and concepts, allowing me to under- stand both sides of an issue before drawing an opinion. I became a willing listener,” he said. BY JODI NODING