Women in Sports in WNY: Juliana Prezelski paving the way for women in football operations

OFFICE FIRST PITCH TOMORROW AT 205. AND AS WE WRAP UP WOMEN’S HISTORY MONTH, WE’VE BEEN TAKING THIS WEEK TO HIGHLIGHT LOCAL WOMEN WHO ARE BREAKING BARRIERS IN WESTERN NEW YORK SPOKE THIS MORNING ARE 7 NEW SPORTS REPORTER, BRIANA ALDRIDGE. INTRODUCING US TO

THE WOMAN LEADING FOOTBALL OPERATIONS THAT YOU BE FINDING OUT HOW SHE’S PAVING THE WAY FOR OTHERS LIKE HER. >> JULIANA PURCELL, SKI, YOU NEWEST ASSISTANT ATHLETIC DIRECTOR FOR FOOTBALL OPERATIONS BELIEVES IT’S IMPORTANT TO GIVE WOMEN A SEAT AT THE TABLE IN THE SPORTS

WORLD. I THINK I BRING A DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVE. I KNOW WOMEN DO IN FOOTBALL AND SO THAT’S WHAT I THINK IMPORTANT. THAT’S REALLY ALL TO LIKE HIM TO BUFFALO, JULIANA, ANOTHER WOMAN BREAKING BARRIERS IS THE FIRST WOMAN TO HOLD THIS POSITION FOR THE PROGRAM. IT’S

NICE TO HEAR. AND THEN DEFINITELY PROUD OF IT. BUT I THINK I LOOK AT US HOPEFULLY NOW I HAVE CREATED A FOUNDATION. SO ANOTHER WOMAN CAN COME IN HERE. DO THE SAME THING. BREAKING BARRIERS NOW RUNS IN THE FAMILY AFTER

JULIANA LED THE WAY FOR HER LITTLE SISTER. >> LEAH MONTH. FACTOR MY DECISION MY SISTER ESSENTIALLY OPEN THE DOOR TO A JOB FOOTBALL FOR ME LAND WHO BEGAN HER JOURNEY IS A BUFFALO BILLS IN TURN, LANDED HER FIRST JOB IN FOOTBALL OPERATIONS AT

MARYLAND UNIVERSITY BEFORE MOVING INTO HER NEW U.S. CAKE WITH THE MINNESOTA VIKINGS. I THINK SHE SOMEBODY PAVED THE WAY FOR AND IT SHOWS HOW MANY OTHER PEOPLE SHE PAVES THE WAY FOR JULIANA JOINS THE BULLS AS THEY ENTER THEIR SEASON UNDER

NEW HEAD COACH PETE LEMBO WHO IS TASKED WITH TURNING THIS PROGRAM AROUND FOR THE MARYLAND NATIVE. SHE WAS INSTANTLY DRAWN TO THE CHALLENGE. EVERYTHING HE SAID REALLY ALIGNS WITH WHAT I WAS LOOKING FOR, A JOB IN A PROGRAM AND A COACH.

>> EVERYTHING HE HAD SAID, I WANT TO WORK FOR LIKE THAT. THAT SHARES THE SAME MORALS ME WITH THE SUPPORT OF STAFF BEHIND OR JULIANA SAYS THIS IS JUST THE BEGINNING. NFL HAS SOME INITIATIVES IN COLLEGE FOOTBALL, THAT REALLY GETS

WOMEN MORE INVOLVED. SO IT’S NOT JUST THIS FRATERNITY, BROTHERHOOD AND WHY OPENING UP TO

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