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The Competitive Advantage For Women In Sport With Clemson’s Tori Niemann & Florida’s Vicki Werskey

Guest Tori Niemann, Clemson; Vicki Werskey, Florida
24:46 min watch

Summary

Clemson Assistant AD for Student-Athlete Development Tori Niemann and Florida Director of Gators EmpowHER Vicki Werskey join Her Competitive Advantage CEO/Founder Stephanie Barrett to discuss enthusiasm around women sports, the power of community and how their departments are providing professional development opportunities for female student-athletes. Werskey shares more about the new Gators EmpowHER initiative, which includes a mentorship program and post-graduate scholarship opportunities, while Niemann provides an update to Clemson’s Hear Her Roar fundraising campaign and the alignment between Clemson’s community and administration around the advancement of women’s sports. Niemann and Werskey also discuss the value of Her Competitive Advantage and how the platform can enhance the professional development their programs provide for women in sports and business.

The conversation is indexed below for efficient viewing (click the time stamp to jump to a specific question/topic).

  • - What is the secret sauce to developing female student-athletes? What makes your institution so successful in this space?
  • - What about at Florida? 
  • - Why do you think a platform like HCA will benefit your female student-athletes and female student-athletes across the country?
  • - Talk to us more about how you get your female athletes engaged, to help them understand how important some of these initiatives are.
  • - Vicki, what do you think you're able to do that differentiates the University of Florida in this space?
  • - How will being able to connect your employer partners with the HCA platform benefit your female student-athletes and your entire ecosystem of community?
  • - Where do you see the HCA providing value and rounding out the professional development opportunities you already provide for your athletes?
  • - What is one thing you'd tell female student-athletes today about personal development and career development?

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