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2011 WOTY Finalist - Danielle Blair

Danielle Blair

School: University of Alabama at Birmingham

Division I

Conference: Conference USA

Majors: Marketing, Management and Industrial Distribution

Sport: Soccer

“As a collegiate athlete, I aspire to apply the skills I have developed through sports – strategizing, organizing and coordinating – to the community in a meaningful way; being competitive in my sport and extending this drive to the development of innovative community learning programs.”

What are they doing now?
Danielle is currently working with Coca-Cola, as part of a two-year Supply Chain Management program. She is embarking on a new non-profit in Toronto: FEETS (Female Empowerment and Encouragement Through Sports), all inspired by her lifelong drive to help others.

As the founder and organizer of Blazer Buddies Mentoring Program, Blair visited elementary schools with other student-athletes to educate children about healthy lifestyles through athletics. Blair also served on the university’s Student-Athlete Advisory Committee as the chair of the community service and public relations committees. In addition, the soccer team captain was involved in many community-service projects.

A triple major in marketing, management and industrial distribution, Blair achieved a near-perfect GPA, graduated summa cum laude and earned Presidential Honors for her academic achievements nearly every semester She also was named UAB’s Most Outstanding Student for both industrial distribution and management.

Additionally, Blair received the Conference USA Academic Medal of Honor and was on the conference’s Academic Commissioner’s Honor Roll. She was inducted into the Beta Chapter of the Sigma Delta Industrial Distribution Honor Society, Beta Gamma Sigma International Honor Society and Chi Alpha Sigma National College Athlete Honor Society.

A member of the Trinidad and Tobago national soccer team, Blair was UAB’s Most Valuable Player and received the UAB Coach’s Award in 2009. Blair was named a UAB Student-Athlete of the Week multiple times.