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From college to professional sports - Maivon starts interview series with former college athletes

08-25-2010 09:28 AM CET | Sports

Press release from: Lion & Bell Ltd.

Jelena Pandzic

Jelena Pandzic

Münster, Germany [24.08.2010]

This week Maivon, a pan-European agency for sports scholarships in the U.S., starts a series of interviews with athletes who made the leap from university to professional sports, focusing on sports outside of football and basketball, where the connection is less ubiquitous. The series gives insight into the high level of college sports in the United States and the option of pursuing a professional sports career after graduation.

The first interview was conducted with Jelena Pandzic, a former college tennis player who today is a professional athlete, and recently reached the second round at the French Open. "Through college tennis I made the leap to the WTA Tour," says Jelena Pandzic, "back then I learned what it means to work disciplined at a professional level."

In tennis, Jelena Pandzic is part of a sizable group of former college athletes who successfully continued a professional sports career after college. Beyond the large number of top 100 players there are also tennis greats such as James Blake, the double world champions Bob and Mike Bryan, and Davis Cup player Benjamin Becker, who took the college sports path. Beyond tennis there are prominent examples of former college athletes who made it in professional sports across the board. At the soccer World Cup this year for example, former college players Clint Dempsey and Benny Feilhaber caused quite a stir as some of the best players in the U.S. team.

Professional sports or college? According to Patrick Kur, managing director at Maivon, many European top athletes have to face that question early on during their career. "Due to the different orientation of university sports in Europe, a combination of college and professional sport is mostly not an option." At U.S. universities however, sport has the necessary support needed for athletes to grow. First-class coaches and physiotherapists supervise students in the various sports around the clock. "In Europe such world-class practice can only be found at private sports schools and academies that usually cost a lot of money and lack the academic education," so Patrick Kur.

Beyond her athletic experience as a tennis player Jelena Pandzic offers further insights into the interplay of academic and sports education: "With my university degree I built a second foundation for myself and today am able to fully focus on my tennis career."

The full interview with Jelena Pandzic can be found at www.maivon.com/news. Further interviews from this series will be published in the coming weeks and months. Reprinting of interviews is permitted but must include correct attribution notice (Interview conducted by Maivon, reprinted from www.maivon.com).

About Maivon

Maivon is a pan-European agency for sports scholarships in the US. Services include scouting European athletes for US universities and providing support throughout the preparation and enrolment process. The agency is run by, amongst others, former college athlete Patrick Kur, with the support of former top 50 tennis player Silke Meier and five-time FIFA All-Star team soccer player Marcel Raducanu. Maivon is part of Lion & Bell Ltd. and is based in Münster, Germany. For more information visit www.maivon.com.

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Julian Bakalov
Lion & Bell Ltd.
Saffron 11
48161 Münster

Tel: +49 (0)2538 209 330
Fax: +49 (0)2538 209 331
Email: pr@lionandbell.com

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