Short’s Travel Management Announces New Partnership with Wake Forest Athletics

Short’s Travel Management is proud to announce a new partnership with Wake Forest Athletics to oversee and manage travel for all its programs. This collaboration will leverage Short’s Designated Agent Model to provide high-touch, expert service across every mode of athletic travel.

Through this partnership, Short’s will manage all aspects of team and recruiting travel logistics—including group and individual commercial air travel, charter plane services, hotel accommodations, rental car arrangements for both team and recruiting purposes, and charter bus services (including fly/drives). This comprehensive approach is designed to streamline travel coordination and ensure the highest level of service and flexibility for Wake Forest coaches, staff, and student-athletes.

“We’re proud to partner with Wake Forest and support their programs with our offsite Designated Agent Model,” said David LeCompte, CEO of Short’s Travel Management. “This model gives Wake Forest access to dedicated, expert travel support without needing someone physically onsite—allowing for both flexibility and consistency in service."

“At Wake Forest, we strive to provide a World Class Student-Athlete Experience for our student-athletes in every facet of their journey—including how they travel,” said John Currie, Vice President and Director of Athletics. “Short’s Travel Management brings unmatched expertise and service in athletic travel, and we’re excited to partner with a team that understands the unique needs and demands of collegiate sports. This partnership will enhance the efficiency of our operations and allow our coaches and student-athletes to stay focused on competing at the highest level.”

About Short’s Travel Management Short’s Travel Management is a family-owned and majority woman-owned private corporation, led by CEO David LeCompte. In 2020, Short’s strategically pivoted to exclusively serve athletics, solidifying its position as the fastest growing provider for athletic teams.

With a client portfolio that 100% sports focused, Short’s supports over 16,000 games, meets, and tournaments annually, assisting more than 200 athletic departments with their regular season travel, in addition to exclusively managing championship travel for the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). 

The Short’s logistics team orchestrates more air charters, commercial air, ground transportation, and group hotel accommodations than any other provider in the collegiate team space. Comprised of former collegiate athletes, coaches, business operations and logistics staff, pilots, hotel leaders, gate agents, and dispatchers, Short’s understands firsthand the demands of this sector and the critical importance of teams arriving on time.

About Wake Forest University

Wake Forest University is known for its distinctive combination of world-class academics, unrivaled campus experience, intimate learning environment and Power 4 athletics in a top-growing metro market. A Charter member of the Atlantic Coast Conference, the Demon Deacons have won 59 conference titles and are one of nine ACC schools to win 11 or more national championships. Additionally, with 1.7 million people within 30 miles of campus, Wake Forest anchors the Winston-Salem and Triad market, which ranks as ESPN's seventh-best nationally from a viewership perspective.

Wake Forest's comprehensive excellence includes its highly regarded school of medicine, business school, law school and an innovative department of engineering. Additionally, Wake Forest has campuses across Winston-Salem, Charlotte and Washington, DC – providing many academic offerings to students from across the nation and around the world.

Learn more about Wake Forest University at www.wfu.edu and at GoDeacs.com.