Our Team

Austin S. Pfenninger is a former NCAA Division I student-athlete and a graduate of the University of Miami. During his time at Miami, Austin saw success on both the football field and in the classroom, as well as benefitting from exposure and access to the world of big-time athletics and its regulatory, transactional, financial, and social dimensions.

He was a Hurricanes football letterman as a wide receiver and earned a scout player of the year award. He was fortunate to have been on teams which turned around the Miami direction toward clean, winning football, and his leadership in the locker room and weight room were especially valued by coaching staff during his tenure. He practiced daily with and knows personally numerous players and staff, many now professional players. Austin was named to the Atlantic Coast Conference Academic Honor Roll and the Athletic Director’s Academic Honor Roll across his entire career at Miami. He studied political science and management as an undergraduate and made several Dean’s List and Provost Honor Roll awards. He then completed a Master’s of Jurisprudence degree from Drake University School of Law, focusing specifically upon business law and contracts, while again becoming a Dean’s List honoree. Additionally, Austin completed a M.S.Ed degree in Sports Administration from the University of Miami, where he tailored his learning towards sponsorship, marketing and management.

Austin has been a life-long athlete, starting as a youth in Indianapolis. At Carmel High School in Indiana, he was a 3 year varsity letterman and Academic All-State recipient. Austin was a member of Carmel’s 2011 state championship team that finished the season ranked #4 nationally by MaxPreps.

Longstanding interests in law, media, and government combine with his inside knowledge of sports and entertainment to give Austin a unique preparation and perspective. From this background, he chose to pursue a career as a sports agent, combining several of his interests together.

Desiring to excel by playing by the rules, and mindful of the at times dubious reputation of the representation/agent industry, Austin chose to start his own agency, emphasizing ethics, rational business practices, and a clear vision of doing things the best and right way, every time. Being a former player, he understands and appreciates the tremendous sacrifices athletes make, the pressures challenging them, and has their best interests permanently in mind.

Partnering in PRG with his father, Dr. David Pfenninger, has added expertise in the digital media, music-entertainment, and human resource fields, and this combined athletic and entertainment representation agency under Austin’s leadership is committed to business growth while maintaining the highest professional standards.

Dave has had a thirty-five-year career spanning several leadership roles, each characterized by disciplined focus and strong objective success.

Trained initially as a doctoral-level clinical psychologist, he began as a behavioral scientist professor on the faculty of Indiana University School of Medicine, with published research, teaching of medical students, applied clinical practice, and administrative duties across a wide spectrum. He also did works as a forensic specialist, while his clinical expertise included mood and anxiety disorders, addictions, stress reactions, and personality assessment.

He also served in the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs as a psychologist, an (appointed) quality- control investigator, and senior medical staff administrator. He maintained a private practice for nearly twenty years and was often an expert legal witness.

Leaving academia and clinic in 1997, Dave has since co-founded and served as executive and/or senior board member for several companies, including: Praxis, an organizational consulting group; Performance Assessment Network (pan), the first online test and assessment company, now one of the largest assessment firms in North America; and he was the first investor and remains on the board of BubbleUp, a leading provider of digital marketing, social media, membership, and technology solutions to many of the best known musicians in the world. Dave was Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year in 2005 for his work at pan, which has included negotiation and contract-authoring with dozens of Global 2000 firms and several major Western governments. His patents for encrypted psychological testing drive the highest volume assessment processing systems in the U.S. for several federal departments and agencies., and he has been recognized as one the leading experts and innovators in the area of automated psychological testing and human resources systems.

Academically, he is an Emeritus member of advisory boards for Indiana University Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences and the IU School of Informatics and Computing, and a member of the IU President’s Circle. He is a thirty-year member of the American Psychological Association. As a former three-sport athlete forced out of the game by injuries, he encourages all athletes to initiate and sustain a serious, parallel preparation for their post-sporting careers.

Anthony was a two-year starter at PSU and won multiple bowl games during his tenure. After his playing days ended, Anthony started X-Factor Sports Performance and QB Academy just north of Indianapolis, where he runs a thriving facility and many athletic programs.

Having participated in the NFL Combine himself, Anthony is a valuable resource for all of our players to take advantage of, especially to learn further about the draft process and what teams are looking for during interviews. Anthony holds an M.S. in Exercise Science & Health Promotion as well as Certifications from the National Association of Speed & Explosion as well as Advanced Science & Nutrition.