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Marco Born
Biographical details
Born	February 11, 1983 (age 41); Hannover Germany
Playing career
2004	Tennessee Tech
2005–2007	Middle Tennessee State
Position(s)	Tennis
Administrative career (AD unless noted)
2007–2011	Middle Tennessee State (Group Sales and Marketing Representative)
2011–2013	Middle Tennessee State (Director of Ticketing)
2013–2014	Middle Tennessee State (Associate Athletics Director)
2014–2017	Louisiana Tech (Senior Associate Athletics Director for External Affairs)
2017–2018	Louisiana Tech (Executive Associate Athletic Director)
2018–2022	Lamar
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
	National Championship, Tennis doubles, 2007; All-American Doubles National Championship, 2005
Awards
	Middle Tennessee State University Hall of Fame (Class of 2017)

Marco Born (born (1983-02-11)February 11, 1983),^[1] the former director of athletics for Lamar University, was named to the position on March 29, 2018.^[2] He previously served in several positions of increasing responsibility at the Louisiana Tech University and Middle Tennessee State University athletic departments.^[3]^[4]^[5]^[6]^[7]^[8] He graduated with his bachelor's and master's degrees from Middle Tennessee State University where he lettered in tennis. Born resigned his position on March 10, 2022 after a leave of absence for personal reasons beginning on January 13, 2022.^[9]

Athletic history

Born and teammate, Andreas Siljeström, won the 2007 NCAA Division I Tennis doubles championship. He and Siljeström also won the 2005 All-American Doubles National Championship. The two were two-time ITA all-Americans (2006, 2007). The two were named to the Middle Tennessee State Athletic Hall of Fame (Class of 2017) on September 23, 2017.^[10]

References

^ "Marco Born". Middle Tennessee State University Athletics. Retrieved March 30, 2018.
^ James Dixon (March 29, 2018). "Marco Born Named LU Athletics Director". Lamar University Athletics. Retrieved April 27, 2020.
^ "Marco Born". CBS Interactive. Retrieved March 30, 2018.
^ "Marco Born Director of Athletics". Lamar University Athletics. Retrieved March 30, 2018.
^ "Lamar University". CollegeAD. March 29, 2018. Retrieved March 30, 2018.
^ Chad Cooper (March 29, 2018). "Marco Born named new Lamar Athletic Director". The Examiner Corporation. Retrieved March 30, 2018.
^ I. C. Murrell (March 29, 2018). "New AD is Born: Former LaTech official takes helm of Lamar athletics". Port Arthur News. Retrieved March 30, 2018.
^ Matt G. Faye. "New LU athletics director ready to wake "sleeping giant"". Hearst Newspapers II, LLC. Retrieved March 30, 2018.
^ Thomas Scott (March 10, 2022). "Lamar athletic director resigns". Hearst Newspapers. Retrieved March 15, 2022.
^ "Six greats to enter Blue Raider Sports Hall of Fame". Middle Tennessee State University Athletics. Retrieved March 30, 2018.