The following are excerpts from today’s Ohio State-Minnesota Gameday Magazine.

These magazines are available for purchase at Ohio Stadium day-of every home football game.

Buckeye Breakdown

Deja Bell – Track & Field

Deja Bell is a rising senior majoring in sport industry with a minor in business. She hopes to one day be a sports marketer for a top sports company such as
ESPN, Nike, or the NBA. Taking a step in the right direction, Bell accepted an internship with Huntington Bucks Go Pro this summer in the area of IMG Marketing.

“I was interested in Bucks Go Pro because I wanted experience in the professional field,” Bell said. “Especially since I’ve recently suffered a knee injury, I thought now is the perfect time to transition from just being a student-athlete to being a professional. I want to show future employers that I took initiative and took advantage of the opportunities that were offered.”

Her career aspirations have changed quite drastically from when she was in elementary school, so determined to be a teacher one day that she distinctly remembers the white board her mom bought her to foster this passion. However, as she grew as an athlete she became fascinated with the world of sports marketing.

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