Thornton Academy Postscripts Alumni Magazine Fall 2012 | Page 10

A t h let ics

First One in, Last One Out
This was not a normal year. “Even with the NBA
lockout, we still needed to book the arena.” When
the lockout ended, Miami Heat’s compressed
game schedule meant the gaps between events
shortened. Event setup includes everything from
security to stage engineering to forklift rentals and

“I advise (Sports Management)
interns to switch their major and
take Business instead.”
“how many towels of a certain color a celebrity
might demand,” she adds. Then the Heat made it to
the finals.
Chabot’s already frenetic job grew to 105-hour
workweeks. “The day after Game 5 of Finals, I had
2 ½ hours of sleep before prepping for LMFAO
(an electropop duo); I started at 6 a.m. It was
an eighteen-hour day. The next day? The NBA
championship parade. People said that in the
arena’s 11 years there had never been as many
shows and games.”
A graduate of Merrimac College’s Business major
with a concentration in marketing, Chabot devotes
herself to managing a sports team, but she doesn’t
recommend it as a major. I advise interns to switch
their major and take Business instead.”

Danielle Chabot ’01 stands with the NBA Finals Trophy at the ceremony
where she was awarded her NBA Finals ring.

When I asked Chabot what kept her going, she
mentioned the NBA championship ring that she and
other team staff have earned. “It will have my name
on it. I can’t wait.”
-P.E.

Not many can say that they’ve met Beyonce, Lady Gaga,
Taylor Swift, and Madonna; Danielle Chabot ’01 has, but she
shrugs as she lists the celebrities whose events she has
managed over the past fou