ABOUT
About MSAM
In 2015 and 2016, Central College mathematics professor Dr. Russell E. Goodman took groups of Central College students to Furman University in Greenville, SC for the Carolinas Sports Analytics Meeting. The event was incredibly well-run and quite popular regionally and after some discussions with the organizers, Goodman decided to create a "sister meeting" at Central College, held in the fall, under the same conference model. To-date, the event has been quite successful.
Goodman created the Midwest Sports Analytics Meeting (MSAM) in 2016 as a one-day conference promoting faculty, graduate, and undergraduate research in sports analytics. MSAM has always been designed to be an enthusiastic environment in which to hear and discuss myriad examples and projects in sports analytics. The conference typically features sessions for speaking or poster presentations, and opportunities to network with other participants. Professionals, faculty, and students of all levels are encouraged to attend and to consider giving a speaking or poster presentation. Lunch is typically provided for registrants (in non-COVID-19 years) at Central College's delicious Central Market buffet.
Our 2024
Speakers!!!
Kendall Thomas
Statistics PhD Candidate, Univ. of North Carolina - Chapel Hill
Kendall Thomas is a fifth-year Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Statistics and Operations Research at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. She also holds an M.S. in Statistics, Analytics, and Data Science from UNC–Chapel Hill. Her research focuses on developing interpretable statistical frameworks for elite athlete workload monitoring, with applications to sports performance analysis and injury prevention.
Kendall serves as Principal of the Sports Analytics Intelligence Lab (SAIL) at UNC–Chapel Hill, where she leads projects connecting statistical methodology with real-world applications in sports analytics. Before graduate school, she worked as a software engineer at Microsoft and earned dual B.S. degrees in Mathematics and Computer Science from Davidson College, where she was also a Division I student-athlete on the women’s soccer team.
Kerrie's bio goes here...
Content
MSAM 2026
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2026 Program (coming soon!)
Previous MSAMs
2022 Materials
2021 Materials
2024 Materials
2023 Materials
2020 Materials
2019 Materials
2018 Materials
2017 Materials
2016 Materials
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