The NCAA ruling in June that allows student-athletes to benefit from their name, image and likeness has paved way for many across collegiate athletics to promote their personal talents outside of their respective sport. Numerous individual brands, built through digital and social media influence among other means, have risen in the wake of the ruling, with the outside world now given access to those previously-hidden abilities.
One such student-athlete is Duke women's soccer senior Mackenzie Pluck, who has turned a life-long passion for art into a graphic illustration business. An artist from the time she was in elementary school, Pluck has maintained a balance between her love for drawing and her prowess on the soccer field.