While student-athletes’ schedules tend to leave little time for activities outside of balancing classes and their respective sports, a few athletes every year join campus spirit and service organizations with the intent of giving back to the community and broadening their own experiences.
Several golfers from Big 12 schools have taken to the course early on this year and proved they have the stuff to compete with the very best in the sport.
Bill Russell and Jim Brown were already using their status as high profile athletes to strengthen the civil rights movement in their early 20s — the same age-range in which many of today’s college students sit in classrooms learning about the impact the two decorated athlete-activists had.
A couple months ago, Teddy Bridgewater was the consensus number one pick. But, after a poor showing at the combine and his Pro Day, Bridgewater is now trying to salvage his promising draft stock.
