PEARL Team Spotlight
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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
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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
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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
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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.