Our Team
Each team member brings a unique skill set and shared commitment to helping our athletes shine athletically and academically!
Tyler Baum
Co-Founder & Advisor
- From Deerfield, Illinois
- Attended Deerfield High School
- Played basketball in high school freshman and sophomore years
- Student Coach for the Deerfield Varsity Basketball junior and senior years of high school due to a visual impairment that stopped him from playing based on the speed of the varsity basketball level.
- Coach in the Deerfield high school basketball program since graduating
- Arizona State University Alumni
- Duel Certification in Special Education & Visual Impairment/ Mild/Moderate
- Michigan State University Alumni
- Graduate Certificate in Sports Coaching
- During his time at ASU:
- Sophomore year-served as Assistant Coach of the club basketball team, leading them to a national final four
- Junior year- head coach of the clubs local team
- Senior year-Club Basketball Vice President and Head Coach for the program, guiding the team to a 5th place finish in the country
Erin Molay
Co-Founder & Education Consultant
- From Deerfield, Illinois and Seattle, Washington
- Trained in Executive Functioning and Social-Emotional Learning education
- America Needs Year Mentor Coach for first-generation and low-income college students
- Attended the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- Bachelor's in Elementary Education, Minor in Psychology
- Master’s in Education Policy, Organization and Leadership
- During Erin’s time at Illinois…
- College Students with Disabilties Inclusion Taskforce Liason & Policy Coordinator
- Lead Education Advisory Council Representative
- College of Education Founder of the Student Academic Advisor
- Founded College of Education Mentorship Program
- Peer tutor and undergraduate mentor
