Bosco Institute Staff

Dave Maravilla founded Bosco Institute in summer of 2013. It was a bold move by someone who has always lived on the cutting edge of the sports management industry. Maravilla is no stranger to new ventures that are considered “out of the box”. In the summer of 1990 he founded International Sport Management. One of the first American agencies that specialized in representing American professional basketball players internationally. The agency flourished and over the next 23 years secured well over five-hundred professional basketball contracts throughout the world. A collaboration with legendary NBA agent Frank Catapano led to representation of many NBA players as well.
It was during this time period that Dave had built a strong network of relationships with college players, many who have now gone on to become college coaches as well as college assistant coaches who would later go on to become college head coaches. Those relationships and the strong ties to many European basketball clubs, coaches and players have created a vast network globally that has been the anchor of Bosco Institute success in providing their student athletes a competitive advantage in securing scholarships across the country.
The Alumni of the Indiana University Sports Management program worked as a marketing representative for the Chicago White Sox as well as Baker Indy car Racing prior to entering the agent business.
In 2013 Dave sold International Sport Management to a European Sports conglomerate and left the agent business for good . With his sights set on creating the first Post Graduate Academy in theMidwest the Bosco Institute was born in July 2013. Since that time ninety-six Bosco student-athletes have gone on to play college basketball on scholarship during the first Nine years of the program’s existence including forty-five at the D1 level. Eight former Bosco Alumni are currently playing professional basketball including 2019 NBA First Round Draft Pick Mfioundu Kabengele who is now a member of the Boston Celtics.
In June 2021 Maravilla made another out of the box move by adding a high school program to a hugely successful post grad program.The first graduating class had Six Seniors that went on to play college basketball at the D1, D2 and NAIA level.
The commitment to excellence both in the classroom and on the court has been evident as many of our alumni have gone on to play at some of the most prestigious academic institutions in America.As we are now in our Tenth year of existence, the Bosco Institute is excelling in providing the platform and development as well as being an advocate for its student athletes.

In May of 2023 Coach Panousis has committed to serving all Bosco student-athletes in the classroom and on the court in a dual role as Head Men’s Basketball coach for the High School and Post Grad programs. Joining Bosco Institute men’s basketball staff in 2016-17, Coach Panousis served as an assistant for the post grad team for two seasons, his duties included head of Player Development, director of player scouting and director of both U.S and International Scouting. After his first two seasons as an assistant, Coach Panousis was Promoted as the Head Coach, in 2018, of the Men’s Basketball program. Since being promoted At the realm Coach Panousis teams have been invited 4 times to the Hoops Hall of Classic in Springfield, Massachusetts, and 3 times to the Prep National Championships in Hartford, Connecticut, had 6 straight winning seasons with keynote wins against nationally rank programs such at Phoenix Prep, Sunrise Christian, NBA Africa Academy, and Juco Powerhouse Vincennes University.
Since 2016 Panousis having taken part in developing over 80 players to go on full athletic scholarships with 36 of those players on scholarship at the NCAA Davison 1 level.
No stranger to Northwest Indiana growing up in a city known for basketball in East Chicago, Indiana, then moving to Highland, Indiana graduating as Trojan in 2007. In his high school playing career Coach Panousis earned numerous accolades in both basketball and golf, then went on to receive a scholarship to play basketball at Indiana University Northwest under legendary Head Coach and John Wooden disciple, Pete Trgovich. On December 22nd, 2008 Coach Panousis and the IU Northwest Men’s marked a historical program win against NCAA D1 Eastern Kentucky. After college Coach Panousis played on Hellenic-American national teams helping Greek-American athletes exposing their talents in front of the top clubs of the Greek Basketball League in Greece. Through those playing experiences brought great knowledge and the ability to connect with some of the best players and coaches in world.

Jenny Guillen DPT, PT, ATC/L, CSCS has been a Physical Therapist/Athletic Trainer with Franciscan Health Crown Point for 8 years. She received her Bachelor of Science degree in Athletic Training with a double minor in Sports Studies and Strength and Conditioning at Indiana State University in Terre Haute, Indiana. After working as a certified athletic trainer in Maryland, Jenny earned a Doctorate in Physical Therapy at Marymount University in Arlington, Virginia. While in Virginia, Jenny stayed active as an athletic trainer volunteering at the Marine Corps Marathon, Cherry Blossom 10k, and the Home Court Charity basketball games at Georgetown University. Jenny is an ImPACT Trained Physical Therapist and Athletic Trainer, certified in the Hesch method of treating lumbopelvic abnormalities and certified in trigger point dry needling. She is also a certified strength and conditioning specialist.

A leading expert with over 25 years experience in the field of Strength and Conditioning and Athletic Development, Frank Eksten is the Director of the Sports Medicine Institute Sports Performance program. Frank's extensive background in developing athletes at all levels helped provide the vision to offer sports medicine care alongside athletic development and performance training - all in one first-class facility. Frank began his coaching career at Indiana University in Bloomington, IN while completing his Masters Degree in Applied Sports Science and post-graduate doctoral work in Kinesiology. As Strength and Conditioning Coordinator, he directed and coordinated the training of Olympic Sports for 12 years at Indiana University. During that time he authored numerous articles and publications including co-authoring the book and video "Preparing for Basketball the Bob Knight Way." He has served as a visiting speaker and consultant around the world for professional teams, National Olympic Committees, and numerous colleges, universities, and sport institutes. He has served extensively with the U.S. Olympic Committee as director of the Community Olympic Development Program in Northwest Indiana and as Team Leader for weightlifting at the 2003 and 2007 Pan Am Games and the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games.

After graduating from Crown Point High School in 2004, Kevin went to Indiana University and majored in Exercise Science in 2008. While at Indiana University he rode in the Little 500 for 3 years. He also received his Master's Degree at Indiana University in Applied Sports Science in 2009. Kevin is a Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist through the National Strength and Conditioning Association. He is certified through USA Weightlifting as a Sports Performance Coach. Kevin also currently works as the strength and conditioning coach for Valparaiso University Women's Basketball and assists with the Women's Soccer teams. Kevin recently returned from China with the women's basketball team where he was able to present and learn weightlifting and training principles from Zhejiang College of Sports. Kevin has competed in many different races. His top achievements have been excelling in the half-ironman and Chicago marathon. He would one day like to compete in the full ironman.