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June 5, 2024
College Sports Communicators and INTENT have entered a partnership to provide opportunities for student-athletes honored through CSC’s Academic All-America® program to have free access to the INTENT database and services.
INTENT's platform guides student-athletes toward professional and personal success in life after sport, and is an easy-to-use, interactive digital resource that empowers student-athletes to perform targeted searches for high-performing companies specifically interested in collegiate athletes. This unique ability opens up a world of career opportunities for our Academic All-American student-athletes at all levels of college sports.
"Intent's platform is a game-changer, and we are excited to support our Academic All-Americans and our members with this new resource," said
Erik Christianson, CSC executive director. "Intent's interactive digital platform empowers student-athletes to perform targeted searches for high-performing companies specifically interested in collegiate athletes. This unique ability opens up a world of career opportunities for our Academic All-American student-athletes at all levels of college sports."
CSC members are able to play a crucial role supporting student-athletes through this partnership. Their involvement will help connect Academic All-American student-athletes with the best possible career opportunities with the world’s top companies through Intent's powerful network.
Intent’s partnership with CSC provides student-athletes and CSC members with free access to the Intent database and services, including a career-development curriculum, professional coaching and mentorships. Intent is a powerful resource that adds value and does not interfere with or replace existing programs.
INTENT representatives will be onsite at the #CSCUnite24 convention and will be making a product theater presentation on Monday, June 10 at 2 p.m. in the CSC exhibit hall. INTENT will be providing a number of giveaways and prizes. Stay tuned to their virtual booth in the #CSCUnite24 mobile app and have your app notifications turned on for details.
INTENT officially launched its new brand on June 5, and has been covered by Sports Business Journal, PR News Wire and others.
Introducing INTENT, connecting candidate-seeking employers to student-athletes for life after sport and to military special ops for life after service
https://intent-usa.com/news/
INTENT, a game-changing, digital platform linking student-athletes and military special ops veterans to a powerful network of candidate-seeking employers, launches today at
www.Intent-USA.com. The announcement was made by CEO,
Athan Sunderland along with founding partners
Steve Kraus,
John Von Stade,
Seth Rosenzweig,
Ann Kitt-Carpenetti and
Sean Wetmore.
“95% of Fortune 500 CEOs played sports in college,” said Sunderland. “INTENT is a one-of-kind portal with purpose. It is perfected integration; capitalizing on what is very human with what is very tech. It creates an unprecedented network of elite companies sourcing and developing the next generation of elite talent for a purpose-filled life after sport and life after service. We are proud to present the ultimate connector with the ultimate connections.”
INTENT, which is free to student-athletes and military special ops veterans, also announces its official partnerships with the AVCA (American Volleyball Coaches Association) and the prestigious Academic All America® program through an exclusive association with CSC (College Sports Communicators), the nomination and selection organization for the lauded national program.
INTENT’s diverse leadership team with Sunderland, a data/tech innovator, at CEO; and Kraus, (ventures) at Chairman; includes Von Stade, (strategic partnerships), Rosenzweig (collegiate partnerships), Kitt-Carpenetti (solutions) and Wetmore (product development). An equally diverse and deeply experienced board of advisors will be announced later this month.
INTENT is a tech, information and internet company; purpose-driven to guide student-athletes and service members toward professional and personal success in LIFE AFTER SPORTS AND SERVICE™.
About College Sports Communicators
College Sports Communicators is the premier membership association for all strategic, creative and digital professionals working in intercollegiate athletics across all levels for colleges, universities and conferences across the United States and Canada. CSC provides year-round leadership, community, professional development/education, recognition and advocacy for its 4,400 members. Founded in 1957 as the College Sports Information Directors of America, the organization rebranded in 2022 to position itself as a more inclusive organization for communicators in all types of roles and to lead an industry change where strategic and creative professionals are more aligned. CSC’s signature work includes the annual CSC Unite convention each June and the administration of the prestigious Academic All-America® program and Hall of Fame. Since 1952, more than 40,000 of the world’s most elite student-athletes have been recognized with Academic All-America status in all sports.