Shawn Farmer is the Managing Director and Director of Player Development for Basketball with IPZ. Shawn has more than 20 years of experience in training expertise, player management, and leadership.

Before becoming part of the IPZ family, Farmer worked privately with numerous NBA and WNBA players with his unique approach to player development that dramatically improved performance.

In addition, Farmer has trained more than 2,500 young adults nationwide since 2009 and is extremely passionate about making a positive impact on those lives around him. He is also the founder of NC Zoom, a girls’ AAU basketball team that travels around the country to compete.

Prior to training and coaching athletes, Farmer was a player himself. His collegiate career began at Lenoir Community College where he shattered records for most three-pointers made in a single game, as well as becoming the all-time leading scorer in the school’s history—both records remain standing today.

Farmer then transferred to Averett University where continued to play basketball and earned his degree in sports management. Following his tenure at Averett, Farmer went on to play professionally for seven years in the Continental Basketball Association and overseas in Belgium, Holland, Bulgaria, Macedonia, and Poland.

Kyrsten Van Natta is a recent graduate with magna cum laude honors from Marist College where she studied public relations and sports communication. In addition to being a member of the Lambda Pi Eta communications honors society, Kyrsten was also Marist’s starting shortstop for her four-year tenure. She helped the Red Foxes win their second and third MAAC Championships in the 2013 and 2016 seasons.

During her senior year, Kyrsten was a co-captain and was named the MAAC Defensive Player of the Year. She left Marist College owning the top spot in the school’s record books for both number of games played (219), as well as runs batted in (145). She is also in the top three for the following categories: homeruns (second overall with 30), hits (second overall with 211), runs scored (second overall with 157), stolen bases (second overall with 98), at-bats (second overall with 664), and doubles (third overall with 38).