TSU Athletics launches BECOMING, a new comprehensive student-athlete development program. The BECOMING program aims to create opportunities for student-athletes to maximize their personal, professional, and public presence to leverage their full potential.
 
"We are very excited to launch BECOMING for all of our student-athletes," said Director of Athletics, Dr. Mikki Allen. "Preparing our student-athletes to transition successfully after sports is important to us here at Tennessee State University. "The BECOMING program will help us accomplish this goal by empowering our student-athletes to develop and strengthen their individual brands, engage the community through servant leadership opportunities, and emerge as career-ready professionals."
 
Tigers BECOMING was designed with three core pillars in mind: personal growth, career preparation, and community engagement. The program consists of components designed specifically for freshmen, sophomores, juniors, seniors, and transfer student-athletes. Year one focuses on empowering leaders, year two on engaging the community, and year three on equipping student-athletes with specialized knowledge. Finally, in year four, we prepare students to emerge in excellence as they transition to their professional pursuits. Additionally, with groundbreaking opportunities now available for Tiger student-athletes to market their name, image, and likeness (NIL), the Tigers BECOMING program seeks to provide student-athletes with the tools to manage and enhance their personal brands.
 
In July, Dawnyell Fletcher was hired as the Director of Student-Athlete Services. In the position, she has been charged with creating a multi-year development program for all TSU student-athletes focused on personal skills, career and professional development, community service and leadership.
 
"Our hope is that through the BECOMING program, we will be able to support student-athletes on their quests to BECOMING powerful brands, leaders in the community, qualified marketable candidates for the workforce, and Tigers for life, " said Fletcher.
 
For more information about TSU Athletics' new student-athlete development program, visit https://tsuathleticfund.com/becoming/index.html.