For Immediate Release:
35 Aggies Complete Emerging Leaders Exchange Program
INDIANAPOLIS – Thirty-five Texas A&M student-athletes recently completed the NCAA Horizon’s Emerging Leaders Exchange Program.
Texas A&M Athletics and Center for Student-Athlete Services partnered with Horizon’s Performance for a second consecutive year to provide a leadership course for all student-athletes who aspire to be leaders. The goal of the Emerging Leaders Course is to give student-athletes the tools to understand the importance of learning to lead oneself before earning the privilege of leading others. The focus was help student-athletes develop skills to advance their team, career and those they work closely with.
Student-athletes from 10 sports completed the course that consisted of six required in-person sessions throughout the 2021-22 school year, three in the fall and three in the spring. The three topics discussed in the fall session included: Own Your Outcome, Collaboration > Communication and Plot Your Path. In the spring sessions, topics were Team (Trust, Diversity and Cohesion), Leader Development and Building a Learning Organization.
"It is always inspiring to see our student-athletes invest in themselves and become better leaders," senior associate athletics director, student-athlete services Joe Fields said. "This year was even better because the student-athletes were able to go through this experience together and in-person. I’m excited to see the number of participants from 21 last year to 35 this year. We are proud of their commitment to succeed holistically, which in turn benefits themselves and their teams. As Aggies, they strive for excellence in all they do and we are excited to see them grow as leaders."
The 2020-21 academic year marked the first year of the Emerging Leaders Exchange Program. Due to COVID-19, the seminar was held virtually over a three-day period that had a total of 21 student-athletes from nine different sports complete the program.
2021-22 Certificate Receivers
Baseball
Trevor Werner
Troy Claunch
Equestrian
Ariana Gray
Devon Thomas
Ella Petak
Keesa Luers
Madison Wanicka
Nicole Leonard
Riley Dosa
Football
Brian Williams
Rj Orebo
Men’s Golf
Daniel Rodrigues
Michael Heidelbaugh
Men's Swimming & Diving
Ethan Gogulski
Max Hardt
Men's Track & Field
Brandon Miller
Caleb Murdock
Carter Bajoit
Joseph Benn
Keanu Jones
Pablo Zolezzi
Sam Presnal
Siddharth Jayaraman
Soccer
Makhiya McDonald
Volleyball
Lauren Tam
Madison Bowser
Taylor Voss
Women’s Swimming & Diving
Abigail Ahrens
Mollie Wright
Sarah Szklaruk Traipe
Women’s Track & Field
Emma Ellis
Jean Jenkins
Katelyn Buckley
MiKenna Robinson
Tierra Robinson-Jones
For complete coverage of Texas A&M athletics, be sure to follow the Aggies on social media at @12thMan (Twitter), @12thMan (Instagram) and @AggieAthletics (Facebook) or visit the official home of Texas A&M Athletics at 12thMan.com.
35 Aggies Complete Emerging Leaders Exchange Program
INDIANAPOLIS – Thirty-five Texas A&M student-athletes recently completed the NCAA Horizon’s Emerging Leaders Exchange Program.
Texas A&M Athletics and Center for Student-Athlete Services partnered with Horizon’s Performance for a second consecutive year to provide a leadership course for all student-athletes who aspire to be leaders. The goal of the Emerging Leaders Course is to give student-athletes the tools to understand the importance of learning to lead oneself before earning the privilege of leading others. The focus was help student-athletes develop skills to advance their team, career and those they work closely with.
Student-athletes from 10 sports completed the course that consisted of six required in-person sessions throughout the 2021-22 school year, three in the fall and three in the spring. The three topics discussed in the fall session included: Own Your Outcome, Collaboration > Communication and Plot Your Path. In the spring sessions, topics were Team (Trust, Diversity and Cohesion), Leader Development and Building a Learning Organization.
"It is always inspiring to see our student-athletes invest in themselves and become better leaders," senior associate athletics director, student-athlete services Joe Fields said. "This year was even better because the student-athletes were able to go through this experience together and in-person. I’m excited to see the number of participants from 21 last year to 35 this year. We are proud of their commitment to succeed holistically, which in turn benefits themselves and their teams. As Aggies, they strive for excellence in all they do and we are excited to see them grow as leaders."
The 2020-21 academic year marked the first year of the Emerging Leaders Exchange Program. Due to COVID-19, the seminar was held virtually over a three-day period that had a total of 21 student-athletes from nine different sports complete the program.
2021-22 Certificate Receivers
Baseball
Trevor Werner
Troy Claunch
Equestrian
Ariana Gray
Devon Thomas
Ella Petak
Keesa Luers
Madison Wanicka
Nicole Leonard
Riley Dosa
Football
Brian Williams
Rj Orebo
Men’s Golf
Daniel Rodrigues
Michael Heidelbaugh
Men's Swimming & Diving
Ethan Gogulski
Max Hardt
Men's Track & Field
Brandon Miller
Caleb Murdock
Carter Bajoit
Joseph Benn
Keanu Jones
Pablo Zolezzi
Sam Presnal
Siddharth Jayaraman
Soccer
Makhiya McDonald
Volleyball
Lauren Tam
Madison Bowser
Taylor Voss
Women’s Swimming & Diving
Abigail Ahrens
Mollie Wright
Sarah Szklaruk Traipe
Women’s Track & Field
Emma Ellis
Jean Jenkins
Katelyn Buckley
MiKenna Robinson
Tierra Robinson-Jones
For complete coverage of Texas A&M athletics, be sure to follow the Aggies on social media at @12thMan (Twitter), @12thMan (Instagram) and @AggieAthletics (Facebook) or visit the official home of Texas A&M Athletics at 12thMan.com.
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