CEO｜James Mehren

Mr. Mehren is from Los Angeles, California but has lived in Asia for over 39 years and speaks fluent Mandarin Chinese.  He is the former president of Bayshore Pacific Sports & Entertainment, and the former general manager of IMG Taiwan.  Prior to that time he was the executive vice president of Sports International, an Asia-based sports marketing company.  

He holds a bachelor’s degree from U.C.L.A. and an MBA from Arizona State University’s Thunderbird School of Global Management.  Since 2019 he has been the CEO of Athletic Consultants Asia (ACA), a leader in the placement of Asian student-athletes to U.S. college sports programs.

Mr. Mehren started Athletic Consultants Asia (ACA) in early 2019 and since that time the company has placed numerous student-athletes to all levels of U.S. colleges, including many to NCAA Division I schools such as University of South Carolina, University of Wisconsin-Madison, University of Washington, Purdue University-West Lafayette, Oregon State Univeristy University, Washington State University, University of Cincinnati, Merrimack College and others.

He has worked with many of the world’s leading sports groups and associations including the ATP (Association of Tennis Professionals), WTA (Women’s Tennis Association), the LPGA (Ladies Professional Golf Association), MLB (Major League Baseball), FIVB (International Volleyball Federation), the Chinese-Taipei Golf Association, and many others.

Customer Service Representative｜Daniel Chen

Daniel is a Taiwan “C” licensed soccer coach, Ph. D. Candidate in Sport Management at Florida State University, and he also holds two master’s degrees in Physical Education at Arkansas Tech University and Business Administration at Grand Canyon University from the U.S. He was on the Taiwan Men’s National Soccer Team staff for nearly four years and served as the team manager in 2018. He has been a soccer athlete since he was 10 years old.

Customer Service Representative｜Leo Hsu

Leo Hsu graduated from Northeastern University in 2020 with a master’s degree in Sport Leadership. During his time studying abroad he played semi-professional baseball in the greater Boston area, where he competed primarily as a catcher.  He also worked in different areas of baseball, such as operations, coaching, and scouting. He received his bachelor’s degree in English Language and Literature from Taiwan’s Soochow University.

Customer Service Representative｜Johnny Chu

Johnny Chu, graduated in 1998 from University of Southern California (USC) with a Master Degree in East-Asian Study and Law.  Fluent in both English and Chinese.  In the year of 2000, he came back to Taiwan and started teaching English, American culture, and physical education to all levels of the Taiwanese students.  The fact that sports are his personal passion, hence, he used to work with different private Jr. high and high school as P.E. teacher/ basketball coach.  He had also coached Asia Eastern University of Science and Technology flag football (a.k.a. American football) and college club’s volleyball in various colleges for a short period of time.  In addition, he is an extreme sports lover.  So on his own private time, he enjoys rock climbing, river tracing, surfing, snowboarding, BMX, and freediving etc.

With many years of teaching experiences in English, sports, and his personal love of different sports, we are sure that in ACA group, he can assist and help even more athletic students to follow their dreams and to help them communicate with coaches and schools from the States side.  Furthermore, he can give a complete guidance to all ACA students with their school applications and fulfilling all the necessary documents in order for them to complete their college years in America and to make their dreams come true!

Customer Service Representative｜Sean Lin

Sean Lin has a complete personal academic and sports experience. He is keen on a variety of sports. In addition to golf, he also participated in basketball, baseball, track and field and other sports teams during school. In terms of academics, he holds an MBA degree from the University of Tampa in the United States and a double bachelor’s degree in International Business and Marketing from Schiller International University in London.

He has 20 years of golf-related experience, especially in the development, training and competition planning of young players. He is also familiar with the golf tournament systems and rules in the United States, Taiwan and China. With many years of experience in developing young golf players, joining ACA will guide student-athletes from individual sports performance records and academic achievements to reaching goals step by step.

College Counselor｜Clive Hsu

Clive Hsu is currently a high school Guidance Counselor at Morrison Academy in Taichung. A former math teacher of 10 years, Clive is in his 9th year as a counselor where college counseling is one of his passions. He has led several summer college tours in the US, hosts 20-30 college reps yearly, and has experience with all aspects of the college application process. Clive grew up in the US, Hong Kong, and Taiwan prior to attending college at Claremont McKenna College where he received a B.A. in Environment, Economics and Politics.  He also holds two Master’s Degrees, one in Secondary Education and Teaching (Math) from John’s Hopkins University, and one in School Guidance Counseling from McDaniel College.

He had the opportunity to interpret for Taiwanese player Chin-Feng Chen of the Los Angeles Dodgers and continues to serve as an interpreter during international tournaments hosted in Taiwan.  He speaks fluent English and Chinese.

Golf Advisor｜K.C. Liao

Golf Advisor, K.C. Liao

Mr. Liao is the first player in Taiwan to obtain a full card on the U.S. PGA Tour. He has been an active tour player in Taiwan, Japan, Asia, and the United States. Mr. Liao was the vice-president of Taiwan Professional Golfer’s Association (TPGA, 1985-1997), the founder of Straits Cup. He is currently the chairman of Golfit and Asia Pacific Golf Passport.

In the late 1980s, when Mr. Liao began to retire from the tour, he was elected as the vice-president of the Taiwan Professional Golfer’s Association. His language ability, vision, communication and coordination ability are highly praised. He served four tenures for 12 consecutive years, and during that span Taiwanese golf reached its peak.

In 1996, Mr. Liao founded the “Straits Cup” to promote interactions among cross-strait players in China and Taiwan, and it is still a model to this day. Mr. Liao also founded the China Professional Golf League Cup (a former event on the China PGA Tour). He resided in China for nearly 20 years, from 1996 to 2015.

After Mr. Liao returned to Taiwan, he served as the chairman of Golfit. In addition to the development of golf coaching, he continues to give back to the golfing community as a sponsor and mentor to Taiwanese athletes.

Golf Advisor｜Todd Ohlmeyer

Todd is the CEO of Recruiter Elite, one of the premier golf recruiting agencies in the United States.  He was the head coach at St. Edward’s University in Austin, Texas for 10 seasons, and while there St. Edward’s was one of the most consistently successful programs in the Heartland Conference and NCAA Division II.  Under Todd’s direction the golf team claimed 15 team titles, including the 2010 and 2014 Heartland Conference Championships, and a 16-shot victory at the 2014 NCAA South Central/West Regional Championship.   Todd coached 24 all-conference players, 18 GCAA All-American Scholars, 12 all-region selections, 5 All-Americans and 2 members of the NCAA All-Freshman Team.

In 2000 and 2001 Todd played golf professionally on the Golden Bear Tour, the Developmental Players Tour, Pro Tour Hawaii and the Tight Lies Tour.  A two-time Connecticut High School All-State Golf section, Todd attended Pepperdine University in California and graduated in 1997 with a bachelor’s degree.  While at Pepperdine Todd was a member of the golf team and in 1997 the team captured the NCAA Division I National Championship.

Golf Advisor｜Iain Roberts

Iain Roberts has spent a lifetime in golf since first picking up a club at the age of 14. As player, coach, retailer, administrator and senior executive, he has vast experience in the game. His outstanding contribution to golf was given the ultimate recognition in 2015 when the Professional Golfers’ Association of Great Britain and Ireland awarded him Master Professional status.  He turned professional in 1975 and earned full membership status of the PGA in 1979, eventually reaching a high enough standard to compete on the European Tour as a fully exempt player for the 1981 season. 

After his playing years Iain embarked on a 15-year stint as Club Professional at the prestigious Hong Kong Golf Club. As well as coaching a range of professional and amateur players, he supervised a highly regarded academy and ran the top-ranked golf shop in Asia. During this time he was also the Hong Kong national team coach.

He joined Mission Hills, in China as Group Executive Director in 2010, overseeing all golf operations.  After five years with Mission Hills, Iain left in 2016 to pursue new opportunities, which included coaching two-time Major winner Suzann Pettersen and, expanding the Iain Roberts Golf School.

UTR Counselor｜Isaiah Mao

Isaiah is a leading expert in sports education in Asia, with strong roots in tennis and strength training. He is promoting science-based training methodologies for coaches. He is also the Director Coach of the Chinese Taipei Mini Tennis Association and is promoting tennis and UTR throughout Asia. He has worked in the past for many professional ATP and WTA events including the Taiwan Open.

Soccer Advisor｜Matt Ward

Matt is a British ‘A’ licensed coach who holds experience in a variety of roles at college, academy, professional and international levels. Having coached professionally in the top tier leagues of the Philippines, Taiwan, and the 2nd tier leagues of China and Ghana, he is also the founder of the British Football Coaches Network and Matt Ward Consulting, both offering recruitment and soccer services across the globe at every level.

Esports Broadcaster ｜ AsSen

AsSen started his journey from “League of Legends.” He was previously a professional player, coach, and now known as a broaldcaster after getting rid of “win or lose.” Besides, broadcasting esports events, AsSen also operates a Twitch Channel, which mainly provides livestreams of PUBG: Battlegrounds.

His fluency and passion draw over seventy thousand loyal followers, and he has more sense of achievements as a broadcaster rather than being a professional player. AsSen also receives more momentum from the followers’ supports.

Engaing in broadcasting esports games for many years, AsSen was nominated for the 2019 Esports Prize AEA Best Annual Broadcaster of the Year. Even though the judge had positive comments on him, AsSen still though “he could have done better.” His humbleness is the main reason why his personality is so beloved.

Spent more than a decade in esports industry, AsSan said “esports is my life.” Esports is a new chapter in 21^st century and this industry has infinite potential to grow. He mentioned his future expectations that “more and more people can recognize esports is very prospective.”