Sports Management Personal Statement

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”

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