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Sports Management Personal Statement

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The vocation I believe God is calling me to be in the field of sports management. I have been involved with sports and I have been in sports my whole life. My parents were both high school athletes, and handed down their athletic genes down to me. Unfortunately, the two sports I had played from the time I was three to this last summer have a certain skill and size requirement. I enjoyed playing basketball as a solid B-team starter, but I was overlooked at 5’3”. Furthermore, I wasn’t very skilled either, and realized it wouldn’t be best for me to continue down that path. On the other hand, I was an exceptional baseball player and I loved the playing sport up until this summer. I played on a travel team, I batted leadoff and played any position needed, except first baseman because of my stature. I lost interest in the game after our team went a dismal 1-35 over the summer, and decided to venture out and search for other opportunities. I was always fascinated with all the behind the scenes action in sports, and I was also a “student” of the game, meaning my iq of the game would exceed some of my skills. I felt as if I was being called to move away from the on-field play, and focus on the “smarts” …show more content…

That could set me up well in the long run, and could help me to chose that calling or explore other callings. A college with strong athletic prestige could also help to show what it takes to manage a well-run team. Schools include North Carolina, a school with the best sports management program in the country, won an NCAA basketball championship this year. The University of Florida, in my home state and a 15 minute drive from my grandparents, has the second best sports management program, and won 3 NCAA championships in two sports in 2006-2008. Opportunity is everywhere, but it will be hard to decide out of the many other schools with good sports management

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