Boston College Taps Catapult to Power Athlete Insights in Multi-Year Local Agreement
October 18, 2021 | Boston College Athletics
The global performance technology leader in elite sports has agreed to a multi-year deal with BC that extends across men’s and women’s sports beginning this season
BOSTON, Mass. -- Catapult, the global performance technology leader in elite sports, is proud to grow 'For Boston' by adding a multi-year deal with Boston College that extends across men's and women's sports beginning this season. The iconic institution will now power student-athlete performance with Catapult data, allowing coaches to optimize athlete training, reduce risks of injury, and prolong playtime with data-backed insights from Catapult's wearable and video solutions.Â
ÂSituated in downtown Boston just a few miles from Boston College, Catapult will collaborate closely with coaches and athletes for product feedback and innovations. The partnership also includes the opportunity for Boston College student-athletes to be part of Catapult's annual internship program.Â
Â"Boston is an iconic sports and technology city," said Will Lopes, CEO of Catapult. "I'm thrilled to join forces with such a prestigious university to show how powerful local collaborations between academia and businesses can be and the value they can bring to student-athletes."
ÂThe new deal includes hundreds of Vector wearable devices, the world's smallest GNSS/LPS device, which will provide coaches and athletes sport-specific insights from athlete movements, fed directly to a smartphone or smartwatch. Additionally, the teams will also use Catapult's video solutions to help them analyze practice and game footage for additional optimizations and faster collaborations.Â
Â"I am excited to bring Catapult, and their data and insights, to our men's and women's teams at Boston College," said Pat Kraft, William V. Campbell Director of Athletics at Boston College. "These wearable and video solutions will help our coaches and athletes make objective decisions about student-athlete performance, health and wellness so they can continue to get better over time. The fact that Catapult is a local company that can also extend opportunities to our students makes them the perfect partner for our school."
Â"I'm looking forward to working closely with Pat Kraft and others over the next several years to set a new bar for these types of partnerships in Boston," Lopes continues. "Given our growth ambitions and the talent graduating in the area each semester, we're confident this is the first of many partnerships right in our own backyard."
ÂIn addition to the newly signed BC Eagles, Catapult also provides performance solutions to the Boston Bruins, the New England Patriots and the Red Sox.
ÂTo learn more about the partnership, visit the Catapult blog or watch this video.
ÂABOUT BOSTON COLLEGE
Boston College is a Jesuit, Catholic university located in Chestnut Hill, Mass. Founded in 1863 by the Society of Jesus to serve the sons of Boston's Irish immigrants, it was the first institution of higher education to operate in the city of Boston. Today it is one of the nation's foremost universities, with a coeducational enrollment of 14,500 undergraduate and graduate students from all 50 states and more than 80 countries.
Boston College is ranked among the nation's best national universities, placing 35th in the 2021 U.S. News Survey. This year, Boston College received a record 39,875 applications for the Class of 2025 and admitted just 19 percent of applicants, making it one of the nation's most select institutions.
Committed to formative education and preparing graduates who will use their gifts in the service of others, Boston College proudly lives up to its motto chosen by its founders in 1863: "Ever to Excel."
ÂABOUT CATAPULT
Catapult exists to unleash the potential of every athlete and team on Earth. Operating at the intersection of sports science and analytics, Catapult products are designed to optimize performance, and quantify return to play. Catapult has more than 340 staff based across 24 locations worldwide, working with more than 3,200 elite teams in 137 countries globally. To learn more about Catapult or to inquire about accessing performance analytics for a team or athlete, visit us at catapultsports.com. Follow us at @CatapultSports on social media for updates and insights.
