PEARL Team Spotlight
Meet the PEARL Team
Learn more about our PEARL team by reading our PEARL team spotlight below!
Mike Crawford, National Sales Manager
Jake Bova, Sales Representative
Carson Costas, Sales Representative
Q: Where do you live?
A: Atlanta Suburbs
Q: Where’d you go to school?
A: Wofford; Georgia State University
Q: Who have you worked for before? Have you always been in sports/sales?
A: Insurance and Software Sales
Q: What sports did you play?
A: Football, Basketball, Baseball
Q: Favorite team?
A: Atlanta Hawks
Q: Favorite hobbies?
A: Golf and spending time with my family
Q: If you could learn one new personal skill, what would it be?
A: To breathe underwater
Q: How long have you worked for the company?
A: 5 ½ years
Q: What do you love most about your job?
A: The awesome players and coaches I get to interact with by selling the best lacrosse ball on the market and the only lacrosse ball made in the USA. Also, I love my boss, Barkley (our office dog).
Q: What is your favorite lax event of the year? why?
A: NCAA Championship weekend. It’s a blast to watch on TV and feels like the whole country revolves around lacrosse for once a year.
Check out Mike at the IMLCA
PEARL New Team Member Spotlight: Jake Bova
Q: Where do you live?
A: Trumbull, CT
Q: Where did you go to school?
A: Post University (Waterbury, CT, D2)
Q: Who have you worked for before? Have you always been in sports/sales?
A: I used to work for Lacrosse Unlimited, and have always had a true passion for sports, especially lacrosse. Have always been in some sort of sales field.
Q: What sports did you play?
A: Lacrosse my whole life, hockey, football, baseball.
Q: Favorite team?
A: Atlanta Falcons, NY Islanders and PLL Atlas
Q: Favorite hobbies?
A: Running with my dogs, coaching lacrosse, stringing/dye lacrosse heads
Q: If you could learn one new personal skill, what would it be?
A: Basic Coding
Q: How long have you worked for the company?
A: Almost 4 months
Q: What do you love most about your job?
A: Helping college coaches use the best lacrosse ball in the world
Q: What is your favorite lax event of the year? Why?
A: NCAA Final Four Weekend or PLL Fairfield. The atmosphere is UNMATCHED.
Check out what Jake has to say about Greasers
See Jake in Action
PEARL New Team Member Spotlight: Carson Costas
Q: Where do you live?
A: Norcross, GA
Q: Where did you go to school?
A: University of Alabama
Q: Who have you worked for before? Have you always been in sports/sales?
A: Before Guardian sports I worked for the Chick-fil-a Dwarf House as the manager of the kitchen.
Q: What sports did you play?
A: Football, baseball, tennis
Q: Favorite team?
A: Cincinnati Bengals, Cincinnati Reds, and The Ohio State Buckeyes
Q: Favorite hobbies?
A: Love the Lake, Watching Sports, Traveling, Collecting Sports cards and Nascar diecasts
Q: If you could learn one new personal skill, what would it be?
A: I would love to learn more about Chatgbt.
Q: How long have you worked for the company?
A: 4 months
Q: What do you love most about your job?
A: I love talking with people and educating them about the PEARL lacrosse Balls.
Q: What is your favorite lax event of the year? Why?
A: IWLCA Events because of the excitement of the PEARL players of the game.
Check out Carson at the IWLCA
