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Ball State student-athletes reflect on time as Cardinals before embarking on future careers.
Corbin Hubert Reporter Imagine you are graduating college. You are only a few moments away from being done with the education system for the rest of your life. But that worries you, because it is all you have ever known. So, you wonder, “What comes next?” These three Ball State seniors have already answered that question. While many college graduates enter the job market right after receiving their diplomas without a position secured, senior swimmer Ryan Short was able to get a job before graduation. Having already completed an internship, he has an offer he plans on accepting in corporate finance. Corporate financiers typically advise companies on decisions regarding long-term and short-term fiscal goals. Short attributes his ability to secure a job before graduation to setting aside time for networking and researching companies. He said his internship was what sold him on corporate finance.
“I preferred the hands-on experience compared to the classroom setting,” Short said. “Getting an internship is something I highly recommend.” Short’s message for every student, not just student-athletes, is to plan ahead for the future.
program history. Similar to Short, Ball State Men’s Volleyball graduate student setter Quinn Isaacson has also accepted a job offer, but Isaacson’s future profession is something he spends time on now and has throughout his whole collegiate
Go out of your comfort zone. Do what makes you uncomfortable because it usually works out in your favor and just explore.” - MELISSA DICEMAN, Graduate student soccer midfielder/forward In the 2019-20 season, Short took eighth in the 1650 free at the Mid-American Conference Championships with a time of 16:04.92, which was the fifth-fastest individual time in
career: volleyball. In fall 2022, Isaacson will be an assistant coach for University of Kentucky Women’s Volleyball. Two members of the current coaching staff,
head coach Craig Skinner and associate head coach Anders Nelson, also graduated from Ball State. Skinner graduated in 1993 while Nelson graduated in 2011. Skinner previously served as an assistant coach for the Ball State Men’s Volleyball team for two seasons and was a coach for the Munciana Volleyball Club. Nelson graduated summa cum laude and received his bachelor’s degree in financing and accounting. In 2018, Nelson earned his master’s degree in business administration from Kentucky. “Next year, going to Kentucky, I hope to build a lot of experience, especially with that staff,” Isaacson said. “It’s been great because, obviously, coach Skinner and coach Nelson both are Ball State alumni, so it’s easy to connect with them.” Although Isaacson is just starting his coaching career at Kentucky, he said he sees himself running his own collegiate volleyball program one day. He said he hopes to get a full-time job working in Division I and
