Matt Muzza has been promoted to assistant athletic director for corporate sales and services for the Naval Academy Athletic Association.

Muzza’s responsibilities include corporate sponsorship sales and fulfillment for the NAAA, as well as corporate sponsorship fulfillment for the Army-Navy Game. His duties include revenue generation, sponsorship execution and account servicing for national, regional and local partnerships.

Muzza works with corporate partners to build marketing solutions using platforms such as digital and social media, stadium signage, broadcast (TV and radio), print, hospitality and more, while also developing new inventory and innovative opportunities.

Prior to assuming the role of director of corporate services in June 2018, Muzza spent eight years as an assistant sports information director at Navy. He served as the primary media contact for a number of sports, including the men’s basketball program. Muzza was a two-time CoSIDA Fred S. Stabley writing contest winner for best “Athlete Profile” in District II, winning in 2013 and 2017.

Jenn Suhr is seen competing in the United States Olympic Trials earlier this summer. AP photo

Prior to his arrival at Navy in 2010, Muzza spent two years as a sports information graduate assistant at Binghamton University. He also served a one-year sports information undergraduate internship at Binghamton and was a sports information student assistant while at SUNY Cortland.

Muzza, the son of Felix and Candy, is a Maple Grove High School graduate. He earned his bachelor’s degree in sport management from Cortland in 2008 and his master’s degree in student affairs administration from Binghamton in 2010.

He resides in Annapolis, Maryland with his wife, Megan.

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A Jamestown native has successfully tested his physical limits. … again.

Mark Cardinale, a 1987 Jamestown High School graduate, completed the Leadville 100, a 100-mile trail run through the Rocky Mountains, last month.

Cardinale, who is also a veteran of multiple Ironman triathlons, completed the Leadville 100 in 27 hours, 48 minutes, 54 seconds, to finish in 127th place. The course took him through some rugged and remote terrain, including trail climbs and descents of more than 15,700 feet with elevations ranging from 9,300 to 12,500 feet.

Cardinale and his wife, Amy, live in Parker, Colorado. They have two children.

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Jenn (Stuczynski) Suhr headlines a group of 10 people who will be inducted into the Section VI Hall of Fame Class of 2021 later this year.

A standout in soccer, basketball and golf at Fredonia High School, Suhr didn’t take up track and field until her senior year, where she won the 2000 New York State Public High School Athletic Association pentathlon title.

Suhr, a 2009 Chautauqua Sports Hall of Fame inductee, was just getting started, ultimately becoming an Olympic gold and silver medalist and multitime national champion and former world record holder in the pole vault.

Among the local coaches to be inducted are Mary Neilon (Ellicottville) and Peter Weishan (Salamanca). Weishan also served as an athletic director.

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Two coaches from the Chautauqua-Cattaraugus Athletic Association were honored by Section VI with sportsmanship awards during the 22nd annual recognition dinner in Elma.

Salamanca boys basketball coach Adam Bennett and Maple Grove softball coach Rebecca Allen were among the 16 coaches and an athletic trainer who were recognized.