Zach Mason

Advisory board member/former c.o.o.

Originally from Austin, Texas Zach studied electronic media and communications at Texas Tech University before earning his master’s degree in sports management at the University of Incarnate Word in San Antonio.

During his time at Texas Tech, Zach as a sports editor of the student newspaper, The Daily Toreador, and also interned for Yahoo! Sports as a staff writer for the affiliate RedRaiderSports.com. After graduating in 2014, he co-founded TexasTop100.com, which blossomed into one of the premier prep basketball ranking sites in the state.

After enrolling at UIW in January of 2019, Zach joined the athletic department as the media relations contact for the men’s basketball team in a graduate assistant role. He started working with The Basketball Embassy two months later, helping to plan and execute multiple exchange programs alongside the U.S Department of State Sports Diplomacy Division, as well as handling primary responsibilities for grant writing efforts, fundraising, event planning and facilitation, communications and social media, and was the lead youth coach for TBE’s community outreach programs at Haven for Hope, SAMMinistries, and SA Youth.

Zach has since founded his own international scouting service, ZM Prospects, and works permanently in Europe evaluating prospects for NCAA Division I men’s basketball programs.