Arizona Athletics Becomes the 200th School Partner of Career Athletes
August 23, 2011 - The University of Arizona Department of Athletics and its Division 1A Award Winning C.A.T.S Program (Commitment to an Athlete's Total Success) joins Career Athletes as its 200th school partner. Within the last month, Career Athletes has added several of the nation's top BCS athletic departments including Penn State University, University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill, Auburn University, University of Southern California, and University of Washington.
"This latest generation of Career Athletes' school partners indicates that we're all taking career development very serious for our student-athletes," said DJ Washington, Vice President of Collegiate Relations at Career Athletes. "I've never been so thrilled to see our NCAA Division I senior athletic administrators take the initiative and responsibility in making career education a priority on their campuses."
The partnership between Career Athletes and over 200 athletic departments provides a national representation of unique networking opportunities and career development resources for current and alumni athletes. Not only will student-athletes have unlimited access to the Career Athletes platform online, but many institutions will bring a Career Athletes representative on campus to share the ‘POWER of Being a Student-Athlete' seminar series.
During the 1997-1998 academic year, The University of Arizona Athletic Department was recognized as a "Program of Excellence", one of the premier CHAMPS Life Skills programs in the country. Since then, many athletic departments strive to model student-athlete initiatives after such an established program.
By providing access to The University of Arizona Career Athletes network for current and alumni student-athletes, they will now have access to mentoring, professional networking, virtual career coaching, and 13 years of best practices. Student-athletes will also have the ability to connect with local, regional, and national employers all managed and monitored by Career Athletes at its home office in the Kansas City area.
Of the 29 athletic departments recognized as a "Program of Excellence" by the D1-A Committee since 1998, 17 are Career Athletes school partners. These programs include: University of Arizona, Ohio State University, University of Washington, University of Nebraska, University of Florida, Penn State University, Louisiana State University, Ball State University, University of Oregon, University of Missouri, Brigham Young University, University of Utah, Auburn University, University of Wyoming, Texas Tech University, Washington State University, and Iowa State University.
"This is truly what it's all about," explained Washington. "Leading athletic programs with an already outstanding resume in student-athlete development have chosen to partner with Career Athletes, because it will simply make their initiatives even better in the long run."
To learn more about Career Athletes, visit http://www.careerathletes.com/.
To view all DI Athletic Department partners, visit http://www.careerathletes.com/news3.php
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For More Information
Contact: Marti Rosche
E-mail: marti@careerathletes.com
Phone: 913-397-9009
