Jim Haddaway is the co-founder and CEO of Athletx Sports Group, one of the largest youth sports event management companies in the country. Based in Louisville, Kentucky with offices in Chicago as well, Athletx produces more than 500 events in 28 states across the US, Athletx is widely recognized for their economic impact in sports tourism to the communities in which they partner. Focusing primarily in youth diamond sports (baseball and softball), Athletx also boasts the largest social media following in the world in this sector of the industry through their family of brands. Athletx enters their 10th consecutive year producing events in the state of Nevada under some of their flagship national brands including the Youth Baseball Nationals and the Youth World Series, annually hosted in the Reno-Tahoe market.