Professional Drew McMillen’s Life with Rec Sports
A guy with a smile that you can’t look past and a sense of humor that lights up the room. A dedicated staff member, loyal Aggie and passionate friend, Drew McMillen has been a proud staff member of the Department of Recreational Sports for almost 30 years.
48 activities, 300 student staff, 2,200 teams and over 13,000 unique participants per year. Although these numbers are very impressive, Drew says, “The greatest accomplishments are hearing students say it was the best job they have ever had.” Prior to his Associate Director position, Drew was the Coordinator for Intramural Sports, the Assistant Director for Intramural Sports and the Assistant Director of facilities among a long list of other accomplishments and titles.
Starting early in his college career, Drew began working as an intramural official his freshman year at Texas A&M University. Throughout his time as an undergraduate student worker, Drew’s position advanced from Intramural Sports Official, to Intramural Supervisor and by his senior year, Drew served as the student assistant for the Assistant Director of Intramurals, which at the time was Tom Reber. Throughout all of this, Drew pursued and completed an undergraduate degree in Aerospace Engineering; the not-so-easy major if you know what I mean. But it didn’t stop there, Drew decided to then pursue an MBA at Texas A&M University; his undergraduate experience at Rec Sports is what he said helped make that decision. Even though Drew completed an incredibly difficult undergraduate degree and received a MBA in Business Management, he commented, “the first plan doesn’t always have to be right!”
Not only is Drew’s Rec Sports background impressive, he is also very involved outside of Rec Sports. In 2005, Drew was chosen as a Fish Camp namesake and has been a part of the Fish Camp support staff ever since. Even a five minute conversation would make you realize how much of a ‘People Person’ Drew really is. In addition, Drew has been involved in a variety of Student Affairs affiliations including, LeaderShape Cluster Facilitator, Department of Student Life Student conduct panel member, Texas A&M Leadership Institute, Texas A&M Howdy Camp namesake and much more. On top of all of that, Drew serves as the current statistician for Texas A&M’s Department of Athletics in volleyball, basketball and football.
Today, Drew McMillen is the Associate Director of Intramurals and Sport Clubs. Holding this position for the last 7 years has been an amazing experience for Drew, and as he says, his main goal is to “do the most good that I can for the most number of people that I can.” His current position is very prestigious, as he develops staff assignments for the Intramural Sports program that consists of approximately
When asked what the best advice he could lend to students working at Rec Sports, his first response was, “Get back to work!” Although with that comment, he loves to side it with “use time carefully, devote time to things more valuable and helpful to you and don’t graduate with a list of things that you didn’t get to do. Learn how to balance it all. School, work, fun and participate in Rec Sports!”
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