Instant replay: replay photos enables universities to provide photographic sports and campus legacies to fans and alumni.(Business & Marketing)
Publication Date: 01-SEP-07
Publication Title: PMA Magazine - Connecting the Imaging Communities
Format: Online
Author: Duiser, Beth A.

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"Go Green, Go White" chants evoke memories of standing for full football games in the student section of Spartan Stadium at Michigan State University. Early season games were so hot you sweat in shorts; mid-season games called for just an MSU sweatshirt; late season games required scarves, mittens, and hats.

Many alumni want to continue to be a part of the collegiate experience they fondly remember long after their university days are done. Certain athletic events and campus haunts drum up affection for more than just a higher learning institution. College sports alone connect a multitude of people--alumni, fans, sports nuts, athletes, supporters. Combine an affinity for sports and school spirit with a way to access and order photos online, and you get Replay Photos LLC.

Replay Photos at www.replayphotos .com offers a unique photography channel featuring memorable sports moments, favorite campus landmarks, and university traditions. At press time, the Durham, N.C.-based company just signed its 42nd school, the University of Tennessee. Replay Photos partners with 39 Division I-designated schools, two Division II schools, and one Division III school.

Athletic accessibility

Replay Photos founder Sue Harnett didn't aspire to be an entrepreneur.

She has always loved sports and developed a real connection with Duke University in Durham, N.C., where she was an All-American basketball player for the school. Harnett played on a scholarship for the Duke women's basketball team from 1986-1991. Sidelined for a year due to knee injuries, she played her fifth year as a graduate student while receiving her Master of Healthcare Administration in 1992. After that, Harnett played basketball in Belgium for one more year. Then she found her way into a hospital administration internship in Pennsylvania, utilizing her master's degree.

When the New York City native was recruited for a job in Durham in 1994, she took the opportunity to move back to her college town, and worked as a hospital administrator...



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