Wildcats Put Downtime on Away Games to Good Use
October 5, 2023
- Author
- Jay Pfeifer
Members of the Wildcats Swimming & Diving Team participate in a competition that Josh King organized for the team鈥檚 January 2023 trip to Florida to develop their interviewing and networking skills.
A unique partnership between Davidson Athletics and the Betty and B. Frank Matthews II 鈥49 Center for Career Development was profiled by a leading higher-ed news outlet this week. showcased how the Center for Career Development has developed programming for scholar-athletes who have a lot of free time during away games.
Josh King, associate director for engagement and athlete career development at Davidson, frequently hits the road with teams to help them develop networking skills or connect them to alums near their destination.
As IHE put it: 鈥淥n a trip to Fort Lauderdale, Fla., in January, Davidson鈥檚 swim and dive team participated in a networking challenge, visited a nonprofit, toured the University of Miami鈥檚 School of Law and Miller School of Medicine, and completed a r茅sum茅 workshop with King.鈥
