Valley State Founder & Owner Michael Quartey:

Michael is the Founder and Owner of East Preps LLC dba Valley State corporate and manages all corporate and functional aspects of the business  divisions. He also founded the FBS Tropical Bowl to bring even more exposure to players from top Schools. Michael handles all contract negotiations and legal aspects of East Preps as well. He was licensed as an NFLPA Certified Contract Advisor until 2010 and helped build the East Preps Sports Management Division to prominence as they landed a significant amount of players in the NFL and now work with many premier NFL players.

Michael is also the concept creator of East Preps Pro Combines, the “National Pro Day Scouting Combine” which helps Agents and Pro teams find the needle in the haystack type of players from small schools to sign. Michael not only administers the Bowl weekend but also works with the Genetics Athletics Combine Prep Training Program in Philadelphia at Aspiring Champion which is the Tropic Bowl Training Partner.  Michael is also a former Captain & All American football standout at Franklin & Marshall College (F&M) and attended Rutgers Law School. He is licensed to practice law in the state of New Jersey. Early in his law career he spent time as a staff attorney at one of Philadelphia’s largest corporate law firms, Pepper Hamilton LLP. He strives to make the Tropical Bowl a Top 5 Post Season NFL Scouted Bowl.