A LITTLE BIT OF BACKGROUND FOR YOU

For as long as I can remember my life has revolved around sports. This allowed me to receive a basketball scholarship to Texas A&M University. In high school I was an honor student, class president, Student Council vice president, and of course, the athlete. I was basically one of those kids that was in everything and knew everyone. High school was so easy for me that I pretty much underestimated college. I planned on doing something in the medical field and relating it back to sports. However, when I got to college my grades changed that goal quickly. I was easily distracted from school work and my grades suffered because of it. I somehow still ended up graduating in 3 and a half years, but my GPA wasn't too hot (Right around a 2.5).

There were lots of reasons that I wanted to continue my education. I knew that these days having a bachelor's degree was almost the equivalent of a high school diploma. Not to mention, my degree was in Leadership & Communication ... pretty far off from medicine or sports, right? I knew that I had to specify my direction, especially if I ultimately wanted to do something in the world of sports. Most importantly, I absolutely knew that I was NOT ready to be an adult yet. Being a college athlete meant that the majority of my time went to training, working out, being in the gym, etc, and the rest of my time went to school or sleep. I still wanted the chance to be a regular student and enjoy extra curricular activities, do some volunteer work, maybe join a sorority, and just get more involved in the college community.

On the other hand .... I also was pretty realistic and I knew that with my GPA my chances of getting into grad school were slim to none. Luckily, by the grace of god, I was able to have some influential people on my side and was able to talk my way into the Sport Management Program at the University of Arkansas. After being accepted, I was determined to prove that my undergraduate GPA was NOT an accurate reflection of the student I truly am. I feel that I have been doing just that, and I will graduate in December 2010 with my Masters in Sport Management. As of yet, I am still not in a sorority, hopefully that will change eventually. I do, however, feel as though I have been able to experience life as a "regular" student during these two years in Arkansas.

Now, it's almost time to take the next step. It's time to start applying for jobs. It's time to start getting life experience, and it's time to start using the connections that I was supposed to have accumulated over my college years. It's time to grow up! Something I'm still not really wanting to do, but unless I want to get my doctorate (I don't!), I really don't have a choice.

I know that there are thousands and thousands of graduates in a similar situations to mine. We are in a recession after all ... everyone is struggling! Jobs are scarce! I just want to find something that I love that makes good money, and enjoy the rest of my life to the fullest.

So .... That's me in a nut shell. Of course there is a LOT LOT LOT more to me, but hopefully through the blogs you will get to know me better and where I'm coming from. Hopefully I will entertain, and if not, it will at least be an outlet for me to vent. I will probably talk about a little bit of everything in this blog ...whether it be money, my job search, networking, my internship, friendships (or lack there of), growing up, getting older, relationships, sexuality, etc.

UNTIL NEXT TIME ....