Real employer demand
Companies are actively seeking the discipline, coachability, and team-first mindset competitive athletics builds.
For athletic departments
Their next chapter.
Help your student-athletes use their athletic career to fuel a 40-year professional career that utilizes the skills and passion they built in sport.
Why it matters
Deliver on both parts of your mission.
Give student-athletes the best collegiate experience—and set them up to succeed after graduation.
A recruiting and retention edge
Give athletes and families a concrete answer to “what happens after sports?”—and a differentiator few programs can offer.
Built-in compliance
The program is structured to align with NCAA and conference guidelines while allowing supporters to help.
Low lift, flexible funding
Athlete Intern manages sourcing, matching, and logistics. Stipends are typically funded through alumni and supporters.
Your program
A supported path from nomination to payroll.
01
Nominate your student-athletes
Coaches and staff nominate student-athletes for the program and help them take the next step.
02
Decide on funding
Choose whether to offer a stipend. Athletes can participate with or without one.
03
We make the match
Our platform connects participating athletes with companies that value what they bring and fit their goals.
04
They get paid
The company is the employer of record and pays and supervises each student-athlete through standard payroll.
What success looks like
More than a placement.
Student experience
A meaningful, supported step beyond competition—not just a credential, but a real career-momentum builder.
Life after graduation
Paid work experience with employers who understand and value what student-athletes bring.
Program reputation
A visible, tellable story for recruiting, donors, and families about what your department delivers.
“Help your athletes use their athletic career to fuel a 40-year professional career that utilizes their skills and passion learned as a student-athlete.