2025 Bucks Go Pro 1.0, 2.0 Classes Announced
5/15/2025 10:00:00 AM | General
COLUMBUS, Ohio — The Ohio State University Department of Athletics announced the Bucks Go Pro 1.0 and 2.0 classes for 2025. Bucks Go Pro 1.0 is comprised of a total of 40 student-athletes representing 19 sports programs, the group will be interning within the athletics department or on campus while Bucks Go Pro 2.0 will provide 44 student-athletes from 20 sports the opportunity to gain experience with companies throughout Columbus.
The Eugene D. Smith Leadership Institute's most tenured program, the Bucks Go Pro 1.0 Internship program, runs eight weeks over the summer and allows student-athletes to gain important hands-on professional experience. The program incorporates an educational curriculum focused on areas such as networking, leadership and personal finance.
The Bucks Go Pro 2.0 Internship program allows the 44 student-athletes this year to gain intensive internship experience in a multitude of roles with more than 30 companies. The Ohio State Athletics Department is incredibly grateful for our partners who have helped take this program to the next level.
Both internship programs strive to:
- Provide the student-athletes with meaningful work experience in a professional setting
- Help enhance student-athletes' resumes
- Teach student-athletes how to develop a network of colleagues
- Expand our student-athletes' reference beyond their professors and coaches
- Help our student-athletes be better prepared for life after college and represent Ohio State with class in their professional endeavors."
The names of the student athletes who will be in the programs this year are listed below:
Bucks Go Pro 1.0 Roster
| First | Last | Sport | Placement |
| Rachel | Bockrath | Women's Swimming | Human Performance Collaborative |
| Jacinda | Bonham | Women's Soccer | Event Management |
| Jadin | Bonham | Women's Soccer | Treasury |
| Morgan | Bridges | Women's Track & Field | Trademark & Licensing |
| Sydney | Bryant | Women's Track & Field | Business Office |
| Reagan | Ceglio | Dance | Digital Media - Social |
| Sam | Deckhut | Men's Ice Hockey | Ticketing |
| Paige | Delma | Women's Swimming | OSU Physicians |
| Grace | Dixon | Field Hockey | Wexner - Neurology |
| TJ | Frost | Men's Swimming | Wexner - Information Technology |
| Krys | Gorski | Men's Swimming | Campus Tours |
| Mary | Green | Women's Gymnastics | Athletic Training |
| Olivia | Hasbrook | Women's Volleyball | Human Resources |
| Jace | Hashimoto | Men's Gymnastics | Information Technology |
| Emma | Hellenkamp | Dance | Affinity Nike U Move |
| Kara | Hurst | Dance | Athletic Communications |
| Arella | Jacome Agnalt | Women's Soccer | Affinity Nike U Move |
| Lexie | Kupka | Women's Lacrosse | LiFEsports |
| Victoria | Kutz | Field Hockey | Sport Administration |
| Lottie | Landmesser | Softball | Digital Media - Video |
| Courtney | McCann | Women's Gymnastics | Wexner - Sport Medicine |
| Grace | McCoshen | Women's Ice Hockey | Athletic Training |
| Malcolm | Mckenzie | Men's Swimming | Complaince Office |
| Mila | Nikanorov | Women's Swimming | Wexner - Strategy & Transformation |
| Hamish | Patel | Men's Diving | Development |
| Owen | Pickering | Men's Volleyball | Facilities Design & Construction |
| Andre | Roberts | Men's Soccer | Internal Audit |
| Joseph | Roth | Men's Swimming | Coaching |
| Maria | Roth | Women's Ice Hockey | LiFEsports - Coach Beyond |
| Audrey | Rudolph | Women's Lacrosse | The Eugene D. Smith Leadership Institute |
| TJ | Schierl | Wrestling | Camps & Clinics |
| Brennen | Schramm | Football | LiFEsports |
| Ava | Shankle | Women's Volleyball | Director of Operations |
| Maeve | Simonds | Women's Lacrosse | Wexner - Student Assistant |
| Olivia | Taylor | Dance | Marketing |
| Kate | Tyack | Women's Lacrosse | Keenan Center |
| Danika | Varda | Women's Swimming | Facilities Design & Construction |
| Lucas | Vickers | Men's Swimming | SASSO |
| Jewel | Walker | Men's Lacrosse | Blackwell |
| Reese | Wuebker | Women's Volleyball | Affinity Nike U Move |
Bucks Go Pro 2.0 Roster
| First | Last | Sport | Company |
| Jocelyn | Amos | Women's Ice Hockey | Wexner Medical Center |
| Sami | Bewick | Softball | eGateway Capital |
| Henry | Blake | Men's Lacrosse | JPMorgan Chase & Co. |
| Luke | Carrell | Baseball | eGateway Capital |
| Jonny | Cool | Men's Lacrosse | JPMorgan Chase & Co. |
| Taylor | Cruse | Softball | Federated Insurance |
| Andrew | Duross | Rifle | Main + High Investments |
| Jessica | Eden | Women's Swimming | Bridgeway Academy |
| Daniel | Edwards | Men's Track & Field | Rogue |
| Bella | Eldredge | Cheer | Dirty Franks |
| Sophia | Fong | Women's Track & Field | Special Olympics |
| Morgan | Frye | Softball | Femergy |
| Taji | Fylnn | Men's Lacrosse | Olentangy High School |
| Natalie | Garcia | Women's Soccer | Columbus Crew |
| Mallory | Gregory | Women's Gymnastics | Five Star Fans |
| Payton | Harris | Women's Gymnastics | Bridgeway Academy |
| Ella | Harrison | Women's Rowing | Nationwide Children's Hospital |
| Zachary | Hayes | Football | Columbus Zoo |
| Paige | Hollowell | Rifle | Smart Columbus |
| Ana | Karmol | Women's Cross Country | Columbus Chamber |
| Anne | Krebs | Field Hockey | Nationwide Children's Hospital |
| Gabrielle | Krenitsky | Cheer | Special Olympics |
| Annie | Krusinski | Women's Swimming | Simple Times Mixers |
| Mason | Louis | Men's Track & Field | Wexner Medical Center |
| Mara | Mangiola | Women's Rowing | Federated Insurance |
| Reagan | Milliken | Softball | Upper Arlington High School |
| Caden | Minniti | Men's Lacrosse | Muirfield Village Golf Club |
| Kaylyn | Mintz | Women's Gymnastics | Upper Arlington Police Department |
| Jack | O'Riordan | Men's Volleyball | Nationwide |
| Luciano | Pechota | Men's Soccer | Thrive Companies |
| Kaylee | Robbins | Women's Rowing | Kayne Law |
| Tyler | Rockwood | Men's Gymnastics | JPMorgan Chase & Co. |
| Ryan | Rudzinski | Football | 2nd & 7 |
| Audrey | Schoemer | Women's Lacrosse | Basil Insurance Group |
| Lucy | Scott | Women's Rowing | MB Leadership LLC. |
| Lorenzo | Styles | Football | JPMorgan Chase & Co. |
| Hogan | Swenski | Men's Wrestling | Sports Imports |
| Thomas | Thackston | Men's Gymnastics | JPMorgan Chase & Co. |
| Shane | Wetzel | Men's Volleyball | Ohio State Sports Properties |
| Donovan | Williams | Men's Soccer | Simple Times Mixers |
| Tyler | Wisman | Cheer | The CPAP Box |
| Ella | Wright | Women's Lacrosse | RiteRug |
| Molly | Youngblood | Dance | Lineage Dance Company |
