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SHAWN TUCKER ASSISTANT ATHLETIC DIRECTOR/STUDENT-ATHLETE DEVELOPMENT Shawn Tucker is in his third season as Assistant Athletic Director for Student-Athlete Development. Tucker, a 2006 graduate of Rutgers University and a former standout at wide receiver on the football team, leads the Life Skills and development program for student-athletes. Through programming and counseling, the Life Skills initiative helps to fortify student-athletes at Rutgers with valuable information and tools to guide decision-making in critical life-shaping areas such as career choice, personal finance, leadership, civic involvement, and healthy lifestyle choices. Tucker came to Rutgers from Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla. He was named team captain as a senior and helped lead Rutgers to its first of four consecutive football bowl championships in 2006. A four-year letterwinner for the Scarlet Knights, Tucker was a key member of two bowl squads during his career “On the Banks.” As an undergraduate, Tucker served on the Student-Athlete Advisory Committee. He graduated with a double major in Geography and Labor Studies in May 2007 and began working for the Office of Continuing Professional Education at Rutgers as a program coordinator for their T.E.E.M. Gateway program. While there, Tucker was a member of a staff that received the 2010 Diversity Leadership Award. T.E.E.M. Gateway serves all parolees in Essex County, providing education and employment to all youth transitioning back into their community. Tucker’s specific responsibilities included working with youth in the areas of academic, personal, career and community development. Tucker also participated in the implementation of the YE2S Center, a partnership among Rutgers, Newark Public Schools, the City of Newark and Communities in Schools of New Jersey focusing on providing education and employment services for youth in Essex County. Tucker has also mentored youth in Newark through the Rutgers Green Rangers Mural program, which focused on the beautification and revitalization of Newark through the Arts, while also serving as a key collaborator in the New Jersey High School Dropout Prevention Campaign. Currently pursuing a master’s degree in city and regional planning, Tucker and his wife Maria, reside in New Brunswick.
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