Adrian M. Simion

Assistant Professor

Department of Sport Analytics

Contact

amsimion@syr.edu

Department

Department of Sport Analytics

Location

MacNaughton Hall, #324
Syracuse, NY 13244

Biography

Adrian Simion (he/him/his) joined the Falk College Department of Sport Management as an instructor in Fall 2022. He teaches classes on python programming for web scraping and statistical analysis.

Prior to joining Syracuse University, Adrian was a graduate student at Wayne State University from 2017 to 2022, pursuing his Ph.D. in economics with a focus in econometrics. He taught principles of microeconomics and macroeconomics, intermediate macroeconomics, and intermediate econometrics during his time there. He was also a research assistant working on sport management research projects.

Adrian’s research is in applied econometrics and sport management. His thesis is on external imbalances and their ability in predicting future exchange rate movements. His sport-related research has been on the impact of college football on the surrounding lodging industry, and the NCAA transfer portal and its impact on the welfare of transferring athletes.

Adrian was awarded the Nancy S. Barrett Endowed Prize in Applied Economics in 2021 for his thesis work.

Education

Ph.D., Wayne State University, MI
B.A., Michigan State University, MI, . Major: Mathematics

Teaching

Currently Teaching

SAL 284 - Introduction to Python for Sport Analytics
SAL 384 - Advanced Python for Sport Analytics

Published Scholarship

Publications

Webb, T., DeSchriver, T.D., Tainsky, S. and Simion, A.M., 2025. The Impact of College Football Games on the Hotel Industry: A Market Comparison. Journal of Sport Management, [online] 39(5), pp.364–374. https://doi.org/10.1123/jsm.2024-0216.
Simion, A.M. et al., 2024. Equal Financial Benefits? Title IX Gender Discrimination Behavior in a Primary Sport Administrative Setting. Journal of Sport Management.
Simion, A.M., 2021. Sporting Events and the Derived Demand for Hotels: Evidence from Southeastern Conference Football Games. Journal of Sport Management.

Presentations

Simion, A.M., 2025. Talent (Re)Distribution: Labor Substitution in the Transfer Portal Era. In University of Innsbruck. European Sports Economics Conference. European Sports Economics Association.
Simion, A.M., 2025. The Marginal Return of a Win: A Cross-Collegiate Sport Comparison. In San Francisco Marriott Marquis. Western Economic Association International. Western Economic Association International.
Simion, A.M., 2024. In ESEA.
Simion, A.M., 2024. In NASSM.
Simion, A.M., 2024. Does it pay to win?. In Southern Economics Association.
Simion, A.M., 2024. Does it pay to win?. In St. John Fisher University. New York State Economic Association (NYSEA).
Simion, A.M., 2023. In Academy of Economics and Finance.
Simion, A.M., 2023. In NASSM.
Simion, A.M., 2022. In Michigan Academy of Arts, Sciences, and Letters' Conference Winter.
Simion, A.M., 2022. In the annual WSU Graduate Symposium.

Honors, Awards, and Recognition

Nancy Barrett Endowed Prize in Applied Macroeconomics (received: 2021)
Rumble Graduate Fellowship (received: 2019)

Department

Department of Sport Analytics

Location

MacNaughton Hall, #324
Syracuse, NY 13244