TEMPE, Ariz. – Already planning ahead for life after athletics with her spring graduation forthcoming, Sedona Gallagher recently wrapped up a series of interviews for potential jobs and internships for next summer – and a recurring theme was present in each conversation.
“People love athletes,” said Gallagher, now a graduate student on the Sun Devil Women’s Tennis team and one of nearly 70 student-athletes in Barrett, The Honors College. “In all of my interviews, every single one of them skipped right over content and right into, ‘What’s your experience being on a team? How do you handle leadership skills?