Here's everything that happened this week at the NIL Store!
We're talking personal brands
We posted a pair of blogs this week outlining steps and reminders for athletes as they are looking to build their personal brands.
The first blog focused on the beginning steps of the personal brand process, which is simply identifying your personal identifiers.
The four building blocks for personal identifiers are:
- Your name.
- Your life's journey.
- Your hometown
- Your sport.
The second blog focused on reminding athletes of their personal value and why they have earned the opportunity to share their brand and use their platform.
Those three key reminders are:
- You are the athlete you once looked up to!
- You are a collegiate athlete for a reason
- You have the power to make change
Merch Drop!
We were thrilled to unveil Virginia Tech softball pitcher Keely Rochard's first drop Thursday!
Keely has been one of the most dominant softball players in the country over the last few years and was a First Team All-American and the ACC Pitcher of the Year last season.
Illinois men's basketball's Coleman Hawkins also dropped new merch this week, featuring a 90's throwback look!
Scheierman on the Move
Summit League Player of the Year and Campus Ink athlete Baylor Scheierman is on the move. The South Dakota State star announced he would be transferring and immediately became the most wanted collegiate hoops player in America.
Literally.
BAYLOR SCHEIERMAN:
— Jeff Goodman (@GoodmanHoops) April 26, 2022
MOST COVETED IN TRANSFER PORTAL HISTORY
This is who has reached out in 16 hours:
Duke
UK
KU
Baylor
Zags
UNC
AZ
UCLA
Mich St
Ark
Louisville
Maryland
Creighton
Wisc
Florida
West Va
Oregon
Texas
BYU
Memphis
Texas Tech
Alabama
Miss St
Wake
Texas A&M
Clemson
Baylor is also still going through the NBA Draft process and leaving that open as an option as well.
We wish him nothing but the best.
Also seen on Campus Ink
- It was Marathon Week in Champaign, so Lindsay Quick wrote a blog with tips from somebody who used to hate running! Campus Ink is proud to be the premier printer of all t-shirts, signs, banners and so much more for the Christie Clinic Illinois Marathon.
- Here's a great blog with tips on the best apparel to beat the summer heat!
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