Season 3, Episode 18 of The Locker Room Podcast features Alex Wood, coordinator of the tennis division at Octagon, where she works with tennis players and agents to make sure players can get through their tournaments smoothly. Alex takes us through her path in sports, highlighting many of her experiences while she was at Maryland like being Testudo and also taking us through her current role.
0:00-0:28 Podcast Intro
0:29-1:06 Alex Intro
1:07-2:49 Thinking about sports as a career option and exploring different options
2:50-6:00 Adjusting to a lack of internship opportunities and being involved other ways
6:01-9:05 Covid impacting college experience and still affecting work
9:06-12:18 Experiences as Testudo while at UMD
12:19-17:09 Advice for students interested in getting sports experience while in school
17:10-21:49 Day to day responsibilities at Octagon
21:50-22:37 Dealing with day-to-day ambiguity and learning many skills to succeed
22:38-25:30 How does NIL affect Tennis and what does the future look like?
25:31-30:33 Challenges of adjusting from college to corporate life
30:34-33:32 Making yourself valuable within a company
33:33-40:31 Keeping options open to progress through your career
40:32-50:13 Maryland Minute
50:14-50:36 Sign-off
