About Us

Founded in 2007, Play Study Win was a natural outgrowth of the more than 10 years that Metro Soccer NY had been providing programming to NYC’s underserved communities.

Our youth programming had provided school-based programs in more than 500 public schools since 1995, coaching over 13,000 children.

In the Fall of 2008 our junior program was renamed “Play Study Win. Inc.” This change reflected the expanded number of sports we offered and the importance of academic content in our curriculum. We were granted tax-exempt 501c3 status in 2009.

Utilizing almost 30 years of joint experience of running similar programs for other entities, the principal officers will be able to provide a program that is beneficial to the children, their parents, the school-based entities and education departments around the country.

Our Principal Officers

Ian Walker

President

Keith Miller

Chief Operating Officer

Ian

Before founding Play Study Win with Keith, Ian founded MetroSoccer NY, which grew from a small adult recreational league to one of the largest adult and junior soccer organizations in the city. Metro Soccer’s junior program has conducted programs in over 400 public schools in NYC in the last 10 years.

In addition to MetroSoccerNY, Ian previously founded NY Sports Online, which produced broadband content for Cablevision’s Optimum Online Internet Service and hosted many recreational sports organizations in NYC. He is also a past President of the New York Amateur Sports Alliance.

Previously,From 2001 to 2005 Ian was Vice President of Operations for the Sports & Arts in Schools Foundation, a $15m not-for-profit corporation. Part of his responsibilities at Sports & Arts was to run their summer camp program which numbered 95 separate camps.

Keith

As COO, Keith coordinates many of the coaching and tournament requirements for Play Study Win. In addition to working with PSW Inc., Keith is Director of Operations fro Metro Soccer and was previously General Manager of the Sports Center at the Paerdegat Athletic Complex in Brooklyn and a consultant to the Rexplex Athletic Center in Elizabeth, NJ.

Prior to that he had been Director of Fields at Chelsea Piers, Manhattan’s largest recreational sports and leisure complex where under his supervision soccer revenue doubled to $1.5m, increasing the adult league to 152 teams four seasons a year and the youth league to 64 teams, two seasons a year.

A graduate of Iona College, Keith played Division One soccer there and was captain of Benjamin Cardozo’s New York City high school championship-winning team in 1987.

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Ian Walker

Chairman, CEO

Ian

Before founding Play Study Win with Keith, Ian founded MetroSoccer NY, which grew from a small adult recreational league to one of the largest adult and junior soccer organizations in the city. Metro Soccer’s junior program has conducted programs in over 400 public schools in NYC in the last 10 years.

In addition to MetroSoccerNY, Ian previously founded NY Sports Online, which produced broadband content for Cablevision’s Optimum Online Internet Service and hosted many recreational sports organizations in NYC. He is also a past President of the New York Amateur Sports Alliance.

Previously,From 2001 to 2005 Ian was Vice President of Operations for the Sports & Arts in Schools Foundation, a $15m not-for-profit corporation. Part of his responsibilities at Sports & Arts was to run their summer camp program which numbered 95 separate camps.

Keith Miller

Chief Operating Officer

Keith

As COO, Keith coordinates many of the coaching and tournament requirements for Play Study Win. In addition to working with PSW Inc., Keith is Director of Operations fro Metro Soccer and was previously General Manager of the Sports Center at the Paerdegat Athletic Complex in Brooklyn and a consultant to the Rexplex Athletic Center in Elizabeth, NJ.

Prior to that he had been Director of Fields at Chelsea Piers, Manhattan’s largest recreational sports and leisure complex where under his supervision soccer revenue doubled to $1.5m, increasing the adult league to 152 teams four seasons a year and the youth league to 64 teams, two seasons a year.

A graduate of Iona College, Keith played Division One soccer there and was captain of Benjamin Cardozo’s New York City high school championship-winning team in 1987.

Bring a Play Study Win program to your school or community-based organization.