Wayne State's Stacey Waters Selected for NCAA Career in Sports Forum

Release courtesy of the Wayne State University Sports Information Department

DETROIT - Wayne State University men's basketball student-athlete Stacey Waters (Detroit, Mich./Renaissance) has been selected to attend the 2011 NCAA Career in Sports Forum which will take place June 12-15, 2011, at the Downtown Marriott in Indianapolis, Indiana.

In this year’s process, there were more than 1,100 student-athlete nominations and 850 completed applications. Upon review by the selection committee, 303 student-athletes were selected to participate in 10 sport-specific coaching tracks and one administration track. The coaching track includes the following sports for the 2011 Forum: cross country/track and field, basketball, field hockey, football, golf, ice hockey, lacrosse, soccer, tennis, and volleyball. The administrator track will cover the internal and external operations of an intercollegiate athletics department, which includes, but is not limited to: academics, communications, compliance, development, event management, marketing, etc.

Waters will be a participant in the administrator track.

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Forum Objectives

Personally, participants will:

Consider how their personal values intersect with opportunities when it comes to choosing a career in sports.

Better understand how behavioral styles impact individual effectiveness.

Develop actionable plans for personal growth and development.

Organizationally, participants will:

Learn a realistic view of the role of coach or administrator in collegiate athletics.

Examine the viability of selecting coaching, athletics administration and/or officiating as a full-time or part-time career.

Benefit from the opportunity to network with key decision makers from member institutions and the NCAA.

Intercollegiate athletics will benefit from:

Marketing of coaching, administration and officiating as viable professions.

Dispelling myths about careers in athletics.

Knowing more about the people interested in serving student-athletes.