Voorhees’ Namita Nandakumar went from ‘insane Philly sports fan’ to Women in Sports Data Symposium panelist

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Voorhees’ Namita Nandakumar went from ‘insane Philly sports fan’ to Women in Sports Data Symposium panelist
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Saturday's event provided an opportunity for attendees to hear from big names in the field, present research, and network. And for one Voorhees native, it served as a homecoming.

With the Phillies off to St. Louis on Saturday, the private lounge behind home plate at Citizens Bank Park was full of more than 200 sports data enthusiasts., an annual one-day event that aims to promote diversity and equity in the field of sports analytics. They were there to hear from big names across major professional sports, to present their own research, and to build their network.

“My path started by just being an insane Philly sports fan,” she said. “So [it’s] very fun to be here specifically. Growing up around here, I just got so invested in all of the teams.”. After graduation, she was hired by the Eagles, where she spent two seasons as a qualitative analyst., I’ll be honest, they did not need me to tell them, ‘Oh, sometimes you should go for it on fourth down.’ They figured it out,” Nandakumar said jokingly.

Ashby is one of the co-founders of the symposium and also is the Phillies’ assistant director of software engineering. In addition to hosting it at their park, the Phillies were a main sponsor of the event, and several members of their front office helped organize or served as guest speakers. Landrey, lead software engineer Rebekah Callari-Kaczmarczyk, and software engineer Sophie Keith were featured.

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