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Jessica Palavicini - Sports Administration in Costa Rica

Jessica Palavicini

Director-level Sports Administrator specializing in basketball programs and national team coordination

Pan-American SchoolUniversity of Port HarcourtCosta Rica25 Years ExperienceDirector LevelWorks On-Site

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Sports coordinator/administrator in Costa Rica (private, well-known school) with hands-on experience scouting and recruiting student-athletes for scholarship opportunities. Known for a character-first evaluation approach and transparent family communication, including successfully navigating an injury-related recruitment challenge and making tough admit/reject calls tied to family dynamics.

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Key Strengths

  • Holistic talent evaluation emphasizing attitude, body language, and character in addition to on-field performance
  • Direct, transparent communication to build trust with athletes and families
  • Managing sensitive recruitment decisions (including rejecting candidates due to family dynamics)
  • Guiding an injured recruit through a remediation plan to keep scholarship/recruitment viable
  • Experience coordinating multiple sports programs and working closely with coaches/stakeholders

Reference Highlights

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  • Responsible communicator
  • Meets agreed deadlines
  • Highly responsive, even during transitions/changes
  • Acts quickly in urgent situations
  • Effective under pressure
  • Strong leadership (mobilizes team after hours)
  • Keeps stakeholders informed of changes
  • Objective talent evaluator
  • Clear situational analysis
  • Identifies strengths and improvement areas in others
  • Emotionally balanced in high-pressure moments
  • Sound judgment in critical decisions
  • Builds trust and empathy exceptionally well
  • Close, respectful communication style
  • Oriented to athletes’ holistic wellbeing
  • Proactive in supporting struggling individuals
  • Connects people to appropriate specialist resources
  • Organized, disciplined, and reliable
  • Excellent self-management
  • Executes plans effectively
  • Outstanding in sports management (described as the best the reference has known)
  • Develops team unity by delegating and empowering others
  • Strong fit for recruiting, relationship-building, and content creation roles

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Experience

Sports AdministrationPan-American School · Jan 2022 – Jan 2025
Coordination of National Women’s Basketball TeamsFECOBA (Costa Rican Basketball Federation) · Jan 2020 – Jan 2023
Basketball Coach and Program PromoterCCDR Goicoechea · Jan 2004 – Jan 2021

Education

University of Port Harcourtmaster, Sports Management (2024)
Santa Paula Universitybachelor, Physical Therapy (2012)
Colegio Monterreyhigh_school (1996)

Skills

Customer serviceCommunicationLeadershipSports administrationSports planningSports program developmentSports competitiveness planningAthlete developmentTalent identificationYouth sports developmentEvent planningSporting event organizationTeam coordinationNational team coordinationBasketball coaching

Languages

SpanishEnglish

Certifications

Basketball License (FIBA, Costa Rica)International FIBA License

Memberships

  • FECOBA (Costa Rican Basketball Federation)
  • FIBA

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Jessica PalaviciniDirector-level Sports Administrator specializing in basketball programs and national team coordination