ABOUT US

THE ZOGSPORTS TEAM

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The Zog Team

Meet the ZogSports team!  Here's where you can learn about our full-time staff (yes, we have a full-time staff!).  We take our jobs and our fun very seriously and we hope to get to know you at the fields, gyms and happy hours.

Click our names to the left to learn a little about us.  We'll quiz you at the fields.

Pierson Van Raalte

Pierson Van Raalte joined ZogSports in June of 2011.

Before ZogSports, Pierson spent seven years as the Director of Operations for the New Jersey Jackals, a minor league baseball team in northern New Jersey. While in charge, the Jackals had an average attendance of over 100,000 fans per season and were winners of the 2010 Can-Am League Organization of the Year award.

Pierson attended Northeastern University, where he received a degree in Economics with a double minor in Business and History. During his time at NU, Pierson aided the athletic department and helped grow the Men's ice hockey attendance from only several hundred people a night, to near sell out crowds. While at games, Pierson led the charge as the leader of the loudest and most intimidating student section in the nation, The Doghouse.

While not doing all things Zog, Pierson is an avid fan of the New York Rangers and New York Giants and may possibly be the biggest Montreal Alouettes fan in the United States (for those that don't know, its Canadian Football). While a huge sports fan, Pierson stays strategically neutral in the whole Yankees/Mets/Red Sox love triangle, rooting for each team at a specific time in his life.

Rob Herzog

Robert "Zog" Herzog is the man behind the curtain. He founded ZogSports after having a close call on 9/11.  After arriving late for work, he witnessed his office, which was located on the 96th floor of World Trade Center Tower #1, being directly hit by the first plane.  Rob decided to build on the tremendous human charity he witnessed following 9/11 and to help foster community in New York by creating ZogSports, which encourages New Yorkers to maintain perspective and a more balanced lifestyle by having fun while also giving something back to the community.  Click here to read the letter that Rob wrote to all of our customers on the 10th anniversary of 9/11.  Robert holds an MBA in Entrepreneurial Management from The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania and a BA in Economics from Brown University.

When he's not priming ZogSports to take over the world, Rob enjoys hanging with his wife Laurin and their two little Zogs, Spencer and Jackson.  In fact, Rob says his lifetime sports highlight was meeting Laurin even while getting mercy-ruled in a citywide softball tournament (she played 2nd base and he was at short) then shooting an 84 on a very tough golf course and finally coincidentally seeing Laurin again at a party that night.  Rob dropped the line: "Oooh, you clean up nice!" on her and the rest is history.  In his spare time from organizing this massive operation, Rob can be found making cameos at the fields and gyms, getting down at ZogSports parties, and boogying to 80s tunes in his office.

Don't Have a Team? Join as an Individual!

We here at ZogSports try to make it as easy as 1-2-3 to get you on the field.  If you want to play one of our many great sports but don't have a team, just register as an individual and we'll put you on a team of other individuals!