4 year plan

Your Game PlanLiberty University Career Center

Being a student is #1

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“ There are over 400,000 NCAA student-athletes, and most of us will go pro in something other than sports.

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Degree: Geography

Michael Jordan

Graduated from the University of North Carolina

Mike Mussina

Graduated from Stanford

Degree: Economics

Eli Manning

Graduated from the University of Mississippi

Degree: Marketing

Dara TorresGraduated from the University of Florida

Degree: Telecommunications

Notable accomplishments outside swimming:

She has been a reporter and announcer for American networks such as NBC, ESPN, TNT, OLN, and Fox News. She now hosts the golf show The Clubhouse, on the

Resorts Sports Network. She is also a published author.

Darwin Walker

Graduated from the University of Tennessee

Degree: Magna Cum Laude, Civil Engineering

Notable accomplishments outside football: Multiple Business Owner

Mia Hamm

Graduated from the University of North Carolina

Degree: Political Science

Notable accomplishments outside soccer: Business Woman, Philanthropist

David KlinglerGraduated from the University

of HoustonUndergrad Degree: Business

Notable accomplishments outside football: Professor at DTS’ extension campus in Houston

Masters: Theology from Dallas Theological Seminary

Ph.D: Old Testament Studies

Emmit SmithGraduated from the University

of Florida Degree: Public Recreation

Notable accomplishments outside football:

Majority Partner and Co-Chairman of ESmith Legacy, Inc. a Dallas-based commercial real estate development and investment company that invests globally in asset classes such as Industrial, Multi-Family Residential, Retail Services and Hospitality. His latest venture is EJ Smith Industries which includes contracting concrete as well as other construction services.

Jackie-Joyner KerseeGraduated from UCLA

Degree: HistoryMinor: Mass Communications

Notable accomplishments outside track and field:

She is the founder and chair of the Jackie Joyner-Kersee Foundation, created to provide youth, adults, and families with the resources to improve their quality of

life and to enhance communities worldwide.

Venus Williams

Graduated from the Art Institute of Ft. Lauderdale

Degree: Fashion DesignNotable accomplishments outside tennis:

She is the chief executive officer of her interior design firm "V Starr Interiors“. In 2007, Williams teamed with retailer Steve and Barry’s to launch her own fashion line EleVen. In

2009, she became part-owners of the Miami Dolphins with sister Serena Williams. She’s also an author, with a book in the top 5 of the NY Times Best Seller List.

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1st

Quarter(Freshman Year)

Manage your time wisely!

1. Choose a task

2. Set the timer to 25 minutes

3. Work on the task until the timer rings, and record it.

4. Take a 5 minute break

5. Every four pomodori, take a longer 15-20 minute break.

Pomodoro Technique

Explore!

Who are you?

Career Assessment

Career Counseling

Values

Don’t Waste Your Summer

Volunteer Work Learn new skills

2nd

Quarter(Sophomore Year)

Check in with your advisor!

“ It’s not what you know, but who you know.

Build your franchise.

Who’s in your network?

You’ll need one of these.

3rd

Quarter(Junior Year)

What about grad school?

4th

Quarter(Senior Year)

Tweak your resume.

Develop a Job Search Strategy

Join LU Network!

Apply for jobs!

#Winning

% 2.95 of NCAA athletes will play professional sports.

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Career CenterDeMoss 1007

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