CLASS OF 2021
Daniel Calabrese
SPORTS PRODUCT DESIGNER
Carly Conduff
SPORTS PRODUCT DESIGNER
Carly Conduff graduated from Oregon State University in spring 2019, with her degree in Design and Innovation Management with an option in Apparel Design. While at OSU, she interned at Browzwear (a 3-D apparel software company) and an outerwear fabric store. Carly has always valued creativity in her life whether through crafting in Girl Scouts at a young age or aspiring to spend a career in design. She wants to keep technology at the forefront, via cutting-edge materials, optimization of performance, and digital integration of fashion. Growing up in Oregon, she is abundantly aware of fashion industry waste and aspires to create the most efficient, creative, and sustainable solutions to the problems throughout sports product design.
Adam Clausen
SPORTS PRODUCT DESIGNER
Nicole Demby
SPORTS PRODUCT DESIGNER
Yitong Deng
SPORTS PRODUCT DESIGNER
Ezra Ende
SPORTS PRODUCT DESIGNER
Ezra Ende finished his undergraduate degree in product design with a minor in business administration at the University of Oregon in June 2019. His undergraduate studies introduced him to the design process and allowed him to pursue an internship through the Sage Corps program to work as a designer at Kugu, a tech startup based in Berlin, and receive both the Koehn Design Entrepreneurship award and the Paul Anthony Troiano Rainmaker grant. While at the UO, Ezra played lacrosse and practiced Brazilian Jiu Jitsu; his lifelong love of sports led him to the Sports Product Design program. He plans to apply what he learns to improve safety and help put athletes in a better position for success.
Boqi Fan
SPORTS PRODUCT DESIGNER
Charbel Houinato
SPORTS PRODUCT DESIGNER
Charbel Houinato is a student from Benin, West Africa. He received a bachelor of science in industrial design and a minor in interactive design and media at Thomas Jefferson University. Throughout his undergraduate education, Charbel has had the opportunity to work on several company-sponsored projects with companies like Target, Umbra, Johnson & Johnson, Federal Mogul, and Comcast Xfinity, which allowed him to become fluent in the design process. Currently enrolled in the Sports Product Design program at the University of Oregon, he is learning to design products that can provide performance benefits for the next generation of athletes. He has recently joined the UO’s production team with interest around motion graphics and interactive media.
Lindsay Kotovsky
SPORTS PRODUCT DESIGNER
Lindsay Kotovsky studied at the University of Colorado, Boulder and Portland State University where she received a bachelor of science with a focus in both Architecture and Studio Arts. While in Boulder, she interned with M12, a collective of architects and artists. This opportunity opened the door for her to bring large-scale structural projects to life. Being drawn to the outdoor culture in Boulder and then in Portland, she found commonplace vernacular in running trail, climbing rocks, or cycling road/trails. In her post studio life, climbing and cycling have become her passion shifting her away from architectural environments and toward sports product where she can fuse sport and design.
Bianca Rescalvo
SPORTS PRODUCT DESIGNER
Kurt Settembre
SPORTS PRODUCT DESIGNER
MC Smith
SPORTS PRODUCT DESIGNER
MC Smith grew up in Chicago, Illinois, and graduated from Purdue University in 2019 with a BA in Studio Arts and Technology. Her experience in both Engineering and Industrial Design, prior to graduating in Studio Arts, channeled her interest into the functional aspects of design. She uses design principles to create aesthetically unique silhouettes based on both outdoor and modern elements. She decided that soft goods in the sports product industry was what she was most passionate about after working for a technical blanket company called Rumpl Inc. She hopes to apply her love for function and utility to her interest in sports and streetwear fashion and accessories, creating products that both look good and feel good.
Eva Vaughan
SPORTS PRODUCT DESIGNER
Eva Vaughan received her BS in Fashion Design and Merchandising Management from Virginia Tech, which included study at the Parsons School of Design in New York City and American Intercontinental University, in the UK. Eva began her career as a designer for Ralph Lauren and has acquired a wide breadth experience in other creative fields including Interior Design, Project Management, and Production. As a former athlete and current adventure sport enthusiast, Eva maintains a lifelong interest in sportswear. Eva aims to focus on the women’s extreme sports market—holding fashion and function at equal importance with an overall focus on sustainable design and production methodology.
Daniel Walker
SPORTS PRODUCT DESIGNER
Willem van der Wende
SPORTS PRODUCT DESIGNER
Willem van der Wende received his BS from Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania in Digital Media Production, with minors in Graphic Design and French. During his time at The Rock, Willem was a member of the university’s 2015 PSAC Men’s Soccer Champion team; led the school’s nationally recognized communications honor society, Lambda Pi Eta; and served two years as the director of media relations on the university’s programming board. Soccer has been an integral part of his life and afforded him the ability to travel internationally. These experiences have allowed him to see first-hand how sport is a means of communication across the globe. Willem is focused on developing sustainable products for athletes with an emphasis on bringing people together through sport.