ABCA Convention

Kylee Dobbeleare

Flight: Delta 5838 / 1503 CONFIRMATION:  HS4HKH

• Arrives - Wednesday Jan 7 - 9pm

• Departs - Saturday Jan 10 - 530p

Hotel: Renaissance Columbus Downtown 50 N. 3rd Street Columbus, OH 43215

• • • Check In: Wednesday, January 7

    • Check Out: Saturday, January 10

Pat O'Malley

Flight: American 3884 / United 3504 CONFIRMATION:  YVUIXE / OMN2XQ

• Arrives - Wednesday Jan 7 - 7pm

• Departs - Saturday Jan 10 - 530p

Hotel: Renaissance Columbus Downtown 50 N. 3rd Street Columbus, OH 43215

• • • Check In: Wednesday, January 7

    • Check Out: Saturday, January 10

Rachel Donatini

Personal Car:  reimbursement for mileage

Hotel: Residence Inn by Marriott Columbus Downtown, 36 E Gay Street, Columbus, OH  43215

• • • CONFIRMATION:  72295283

      • • Check In: Thursday, January 8

        • Check Out: Saturday, January 10

Madison Feldkamp

ABCA Convention

https://abca.org/ABCA/ABCA/Events/Convention/Convention_Schedule.aspx 

Greater Columbus Convention Center, 400 N High Street, Columbus, OH 43215

Wednesday, Jan 7

• 7-9pm Pat (7pm) and Kylee (9pm) arrive - uber to hotel, check in

Thursday, Jan 8

• ~10am Rachel arrives, meet Pat/Kylee at convention to set up booth #1954, checks into hotel, parks car (public garage or hotel)

  • • You should have received a BARCODE via email: 

      • • As a preregistered member of your company's booth staff, simply head to the Exhibitor Registration desk and have the email with the barcode readily available. Once scanned, your exhibitor badge will automatically print and you will be able to access the exhibit hall.

• 1:00-6:00pm  Exhibit Show Open - Booth #1954

  • • • Talk Track - Scan the QR Code to be entered into the Headphone raffle and learn more about NCSA's Suite of College Coach Products & Services:

        • • • NCSA Coach - free recruiting coach assistant, former college softball players/coaches connecting athletes who could be a good fit for your program; update your roster needs & recruiting preferences to make better matches.

            • Coach Packet by NCSA - App that replaces paper packets at events; real-time roster & schedule updates, track evaluations of recruits between staff members all in one spot. 

            • Front Rush by NCSA - Organize, send and track communications with recruits

            • SportsRecruits - Get transparency into every athlete's recruiting process, guide your athletes and teams, and streamline your entire organization's recruiting efforts.

• 6:15p Wrap up booth/take raffle item with you

• 6:30pm NAIA Coach's Meeting - TBD (Pat & SportsRecruits)

  • • Championship Manager: Candice Fabry: cfabry@naia.org;  We have 5-10 minutes at the beginning of the meeting to introduce yourself, excited that we are a partners with the NAIA; we are at booth #1954 and have a raffle give-a-way love to help you with your recruiting needs.

      • • Leave a QR Code print off at the meeting

• 6:30pm NJCAA Coach's Meeting - TBD (Kylee & SportsRecruits)

  • • NJCAA Coach's President: Jeff Willis - jwillis@lsue.edu - We have 5-10 minutes at the beginning of the meeting to introduce yourself, excited that we are a partners with the NJCAA; we are at booth #1954 and have a raffle give-a-way love to help you with your recruiting needs.

      • • Leave a QR Code print off at the meeting

Friday, Jan 9

• 10:00a-4:00p Exhibit Show Open - Booth #1954

• 4:30-6:00p Coaches Social-Trade Show Floor

• 6:15p Wrap up booth/take raffle item with you

• 7:00p Company Get Together - Moran's Bar & Grill (415 N Front St, Columbus, OH 43215) - RSVP - ABCA - Teammate Get Together 

Saturday, Jan 10

• 8:00a Check out of hotels

• 9:00a-2:00p Exhibit Show Opens - Booth #1954 

• ~12:00p Text Headphone winner to pick up item 

  • • • • Pick winner from Response sheet:  https://app.hubspot.com/submissions/5952291/form/b0b0c3c6-efdd-42e3-b8e6-fd905eccfe3a/performance 

• 2:15-5:00p Take down booth; drop off materials at FedEx

  • • • • Rachel to bring to FedEx use pre-printed return labels 

If you cannot find pre-printed shipping return labels (or not available) use this information:

• • • • • • • Premier Warehouse - 1145 Jansen Farm Drive - Elgin, IL 60123

            • NCSA Account Number:  620430692 (Always select Ground Shipping)

Take picture of FedEx receipt with tracking numbers & send picture to Sue Webber (815-690-0495 or suewebber@ncsasports.org)

PARTNER PROGRAMS SUPPORTING STAFF EVENT GUIDE - LINK

• Wear NCSA/Front Rush/IMG Academy Shirt and khakis or athletic pants/nice, but comfortable shoes

• Bring credentials and business cards (if applicable) - need photo ID

  • • Bring technological device (i.e., laptop/charger, iPad, etc.) and notebook

      • Disclaimer: By confirming your attendance to this event, you are electing to bring your own technological device (i.e., laptop/charger, iPad, etc.) in order to accomplish the desired and stated goals outlined above and in previous email communications and waiving your right to any compensatory amount for damages or loss you may incur either in transit prior to the event, during the event and after the event. Any and all damages incurred to your personal affects is not the responsibility of NCSA and will not be covered by the company or department travel policy previously shared with you.

SUBMITTING HOURS Dayforce Instructions

• Note: You will enter your hours into Dayforce; whatever method you're comfortable with - clocking in/out OR entering them manually AND send your hours in your Event Recap. You will be given access via the Partner Programs drop down option for the event; post-event it will be removed.

CONCUR - PARTNER PROGRAMS REIMBURSEMENT INSTRUCTIONS - LINK

• You have $100/day of per diem for meals and can expense any work-related items (must secure an itemized receipt); Concur expenses should be submitted no later than 7 days after travel! 

• When submitting your Concur expenses, please use the following information:

• Event "Report Name":  ABCAConvention_Columbus_2026

• Event "Business Purpose": ABCAConvention_Columbus_2026

• Partner Programs - Rachel & Pat

• College Tech - Kylee