Sittig To Attend NCAA Career In Sports Forum

Three UW-Oshkosh student-athletes have been selected to participate in the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Career in Sports Forum. The conference will be held June 7-10 in Indianapolis, Ind.

Representing UW-Oshkosh are women's soccer player Katie Berkopec (So. • Apple Valley, Minn.), women's basketball player Rebekah Sittig (So. • Sturtevant) and women's softball player Celes Zaragoza (Fr. • San Antonio, Texas).

The three Titans are the only student-athletes chosen from a Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference school. The only other school from Wisconsin with a participant is Carthage College.

The NCAA Career in Sports Forum is a four-day event through which selected student-athletes explore and are educated on careers in sports, with a primary focus on intercollegiate athletics. The participants are given an educational opportunity to learn and gain valuable exposure to careers in sports, specifically in the areas of coaching, administration and sports entertainment. They examine key functions of a coach or administrator within athletics, including foundational skills such as communication, networking, recruiting, managing culture and budgeting. Additionally, the Forum dispels myths about careers in athletics, as well as facilitates the opportunity to obtain information from current and future athletics professionals.

This year's forum will feature 300 of the 650 NCAA student-athletes who completed an application.