Rosandich Named to Bahrain Board

Dr. T.J. Rosandich, president and CEO of Daphne-based United States Sports Academy, has been appointed to the board of directors of the newly formed Bahrain General Sports Authority (GSA). Rosandich will serve as one of nine members of the GSA, a group charged with furthering the development of the kingdom’s national sports effort. He lived in the region for 10 years working on sports development and served for another decade as a general advisor to the country’s Supreme Council for Youth and Sports. The academy says the move will bolster its “longtime relationship with the island nation in the Middle East.” The relationship dates back more than 40 years, to the beginnings of the academy’s international instruction, research and outreach programs. The academy has worked with the Bahrain General Organization for Youth and Sports to develop a physical fitness test used to gauge the fitness of every school-aged child in the country and conducted numerous programs in Bahrain focusing on physical education in schools, fitness, recreation, youth sports, the Bahrain National Olympic Committee, and fitness programs for police officers and other groups.