About me
Program Specialist Nicholas Alexander Pointer is a proud graduate of Indiana University-Bloomington, where he studied Sports Marketing and Management. After completing a term as an AmeriCorps coach, a year spent bringing safe and healthy play to Indy’s Eastside, Nicholas became a Program Specialist and Commissioner for Playworks All IN Sports leagues. During his time at Playworks Nicholas has shown his passion for youth sports by building a partnership with Indiana Sports Corps to pilot our reimagined leagues program. Wanting to spread the love, joy, and compassion he’s gained from play, Nicholas developed a curriculum for the AIS leagues that focuses on students building SEL skills in a non-competitive sports setting. As an optimistic-realist, Nicholas is always thinking about the impact of programming from a “kid first” perspective and creative ways to support new youth workers. “Some of our greatest teachers,” he insists, “are also our greatest coaches.”