Co-op Confidential: Frank Perri, Penn Athletics

 

Name: Frank Perri
Year: Pre-Junior
Co-op Employer: University of Pennsylvania Athletic Department
Location: Philadelphia, PA
Job Title: Ticket Office Assistant


Who is Penn Athletics?
Penn Athletics is the department that manages the 31 sports for the University of Pennsylvania. Competing in the Ivy Sport Group, the ECAC, and the NCAA, Penn fields over a thousand athletes in West Philadelphia. Home of two of the most famous sport facilities in the United States, Franklin Field and The Palestra, Penn has been a pillar of collegiate sport for decades. The Penn Relays is the most-famous and longest-running track and field event in the country and brings over 100,000 spectators  to Franklin Field over three days.

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