Senior Leadership Scholarship Essay 47

The most important leadership experience was when I was nominated to represent the Boy’s Basketball team as part of a new group at my school called the Student Athletics Council, which means I have to speak on the Boy’s Basketball team’s behalf and talk about what is going on well and what could be improved in our athletic department. As I was selected for the Boy’s basketball team, I noticed that there wasn’t enough space for the boys to practice consistently in the gyms because of the other winter sports that had to practice indoors as well, which wasn’t an unpopular opinion because all of the other members of the SAC who represented a winter sport had the same issue. After this, our athletic director gave us the idea of the basketball teams going to different gyms around the city to practice, which we all agreed upon, but it would take some money to be raised in the department. I suggested that each sport come up with a way to fundraise to come up with money for the department. We decided to each run the concession stand at events at the school so we could all make money to practice elsewhere. It wasn’t long until we reached our financial goal and we were finally able to have extra space to practice. This experience was the most important leadership experience during high school because of the impact that it left on the entire school. With the use of the extra practice space, practices were more consistent, energetic, and fun because we weren’t worried about practice getting cut short or sharing gyms.
Succeeding on the court and in the school by using the tools I learned from fundraising for the athletic department made me realize that I have a gift for managing money and wanting to help others. This supported my interest in going to college to be a Finance major. I want to get my degree in finance so I can not only make money by doing the thing I love, but I can also make a difference in my community to build the wealth of those who need it or help the ones who have a lot maintain their money and grow it even further. As an athlete and a future Finance major, the day I learned that most athletes go bankrupt after 4 years of retirement, I became motivated to make sure that the bankruptcy of athletes never happens again. Having a talent for doing math and being interested in helping people, I wanted a career that involved these traits combined with the financial background that I have in working with money. Then I was introduced to Financial Advisory and I immediately focused on doing activities and programs with financial backgrounds and wanted to pursue something in that realm according to college. Being a finance major would be the most optimal for me because it will give me the skills that I need to be my best self regarding helping families, athletes, and others balance their finances and grow their income to put them in the best position to better themselves. This is similar to the goal that I had to make the athletic department more money so that we could be better accommodating to the athletes so they could have consistent practice spaces. The leadership experience that I had for the athletic department was just one example of how I could help make people money. After I get my education and become a Financial Advisor, the possibilities for growing the wealth of different individuals are endless.