Experience That Changes Trajectories
Career Development for Students and Student-Athletes
2025 Career Discovery Week
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2026 Career Discovery Week
March,
15-19—
Come discover your career passion and see how the intangibles you’ve built through sports translate into real opportunities. Join student-athletes from across the nation and compete for something bigger—a career championship.
You’ll visit seven companies across multiple industries, including Fortune 500 organizations, while experiencing a week filled with networking events, hands-on learning, and leadership development that will elevate your future.
Best of all, your major expenses are covered thanks to generous donors who believe in investing in the next generation of leaders.
2026 Career Discovery Week
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Our Mission
The Scholar-AthELITE Foundation equips student-athletes to thrive beyond sports through career development and real-world professional experiences.
With 100% of athletic careers eventually coming to an end, we partner with industry-leading companies, entrepreneurs, and career professionals to help athletes go pro in careers that thrive long after their last play—careers that truly outlast sports.
(designed for athletes, but proudly serving all students).
2025 Career Discovery Weeks
Greenville, SC
The Career Triple Crown
Company Visits, Networking Events, Career Fairs.
The 2025 Career Discovery Week brought back-to-back cohorts and powerful momentum, as students and student-athletes stepped into Fortune 500 boardrooms, explored new industries, and built connections that will shape their futures.
👑 14 Company Visits
🌐 9 Industries Explored
🤝 2 Networking Events
💼 2 Career Hiring Fairs
🎓 33 Scholar-Athletes & Students
🏫 13 Universities Represented
Athletes from across the country—UC Berkeley, Clemson, LSU, Florida A&M, University of Florida, Hampton, NC A&T, North Greenville, Livingstone, NCCU, Averett, Anderson, and Georgia State—showed what leadership looks like beyond the game.
Across real estate, marketing, entrepreneurship, entertainment, tech, and more, they walked in ready to learn and walked out with clarity, confidence, and career-shaping relationships.
To the companies who opened their doors—thank you.
To the athletes who showed up with discipline and purpose—well done.
2026 CAREER DISCOVERY WEEK TRIP
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Discover your career passion and see how your athletic intangibles translate into real opportunities. Join student-athletes from across the nation and compete for a career championship through company visits, networking, hands-on experiences, and leadership development—with major expenses covered by generous supporters who believe in your future.
