COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT & OPPORTUNITY

Ceoc partnered with southern methodist university (smu) to pilot a 4-week session in the summer of 2024, which included current and former student athletes participating in our first down u(niversity). Our reasons for expanding into the collegiate arena: - only 27% of ncaa athletes agree that they had a mentor in college who encouraged them to pursue their goals and dreams (ncaa and gallup, 2020) - career termination is the most traumatic experience of an athlete, which often generates identity crises & coping difficulties (hatamleh, m. (2013). The life transition of high-performance athletes retirement from sport. European scientific journal, 9) - 95% of fortune 500 ceos played sports in college (coachup.com) the summer pilot was successful and ceoc led interactive training sessions for collegiate athletes and graduate assistants as part of a graduate course during the fall semester.