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Jim Praska
Jim Praska
  • Title:
    Senior Associate Director of Athletic Compliance
  • Email:
  • Phone:
    612-626-7117
Jim joined the Athletic Compliance Office in October 2001. Previously, he worked as the Student Accounts Manager at the College of St. Catherine and, prior to that, worked in Student Accounts at Hamline University, both in St. Paul. 

He had interned in the Athletic Compliance Office from 1997-1999. He graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Wartburg College in Waverly, Iowa and received his master’s degree in Public Administration from Hamline University. 

Jim’s primary duties involve all aspects of coordinating and processing athletic scholarships for the Intercollegiate Athletics Department.
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