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Athletic Training
Cheerleading
Sports
Baking
Basketball
Exercise And Fitness
Church
Gaming
Minecraft
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Softball
Track and Field
Running
Cooking
Reading
Fantasy
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Elizabeth Hagood
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Elizabeth Hagood
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Hello, my name is Elizabeth Hagood. I am attending Southeastern Oklahoma State University to pursue a bachelor's degree in marketing, or I may potentially switch to a degree in hospitality. My plans for the future include helping others and making a fulfilling life for myself. I strive for success in everything I do and hope to add something positive to this world.
In high school, I was captain of the girls' basketball team and Vice President of my class. I helped to organize events within my school for class fundraisers. In my senior year, I led my basketball team to a district championship. Throughout high school, I participated in several activities while maintaining good grades and graduated as valedictorian of my class.
Currently, I am seeking to gain experience through an internship and focus on a future career in marketing or hospitality management. I am also studying Spanish independently in hopes of becoming fluent to increase my cultural understanding. I take pride in my work and hope to continue to learn and grow.
Education
Southeastern Oklahoma State University
Bachelor's degree programMajors:
- Marketing
Minors:
- Marketing
Achille High School
High SchoolMiscellaneous
Desired degree level:
Bachelor's degree program
Graduate schools of interest:
Transfer schools of interest:
Majors of interest:
- Dentistry
- Optometry
- Physiology, Pathology and Related Sciences
- Botany/Plant Biology
- Zoology/Animal Biology
- Hospitality Administration/Management
- Marketing
Career
Dream career field:
Hospitality
Dream career goals:
Sports
Track & Field
Varsity2024 – 20251 year
Softball
Varsity2021 – 20254 years
Basketball
Varsity2021 – 20254 years
Awards
- All Conference
- Tournament MVP
- Bryan County All-Star
Cheerleading
Varsity2022 – 20253 years
Track & Field
Varsity2021 – 20221 year
Cross-Country Running
Varsity2021 – 20254 years
Public services
Volunteering
Yuba Volunteer Fire Department — Actor in a haunted house2022 – PresentVolunteering
School Christmas Drive — Helped wrap and obtain presents for children.2022 – 2024
Future Interests
Volunteering
Philanthropy
Sylvester Taylor Hospitality Scholarship
Hospitality is very important when working in industries that require people who have needs that need to be met. I want to be able to give people a wonderful experience that they will never forget. I plan to get a bachelors degree in hospitality to help people in various areas and create a comfortable and welcoming atmosphere.
I remember loving to travel and visit new places that have various food and hotels in my childhood. These places provided a wonderful experience to their guests and helped us have a wonderful vacation. I want to do the same for others, and help them to enjoy every aspect there is to offer. I want others to experience my love for traveling and food. It has brought great joy to my life and seeing other have that joy is what I want to accomplish within my life.
Recently we went on a cruise to Mexico and it was wonderful. They made sure we were happy and helped us with whatever we needed. There were many events, snacks, food, whatever you wanted they had it. This helped me to see an environment that I want to also create with others and improved my love for travel and food. Whatever career path I choose within hospitality management, I want to make the best of it.
Helping others to experience what I experienced is my goal. I want them to feel comfortable and happy whenever they are traveling or visiting new places. Whether I choose the restaurant or hotel aspect of hospitality, I want to create a experience they will not regret. Meeting these people's needs and helping them to feel comfortable with their surroundings is very important to me. Being hospital towards others is one of my characteristics that are dear to me. I want everyone to feel welcomed and have a great experience in whatever they do.
Urena Scholarship
Faced with two ACL injuries in two consecutive years, it has been challenging to keep going and pushing forward. Enrolled in a less populated school, it was always necessary for me to be a multi-sport athlete. Sometimes, we would barely have the right numbers to even have a team. So I participated in almost everything my school had to offer. My favorite of these is basketball, which is how I ended up with my injuries.
I am currently in the recovery stage of my second torn ACL, and looking forward to finishing off my senior season of high school. The recovery process is easy by no means. Hours of weight lifting and physical therapy throughout the week can be brutal, and sometimes I lose motivation to do these tasks. Every time I think about giving up I have to look to the future where I will be healthy and playing the sports I love.
Going through the six months of recovery feels like forever, but I know there will a reward at the end. It is a little sad to think, that because of my injury I will miss out on most if not the entire season of cross-country and fastpitch softball, which I have been participating in ever since I was a freshmen. Life is not always easy and fair, there is no free handouts. All I can hope for is to try my best at everything I do, because you never know when it may be put to an end.
Sports have helped me to learn, make new friends, and show me a different perspective in my life. All of which, have led to my development. Each and every day I yearn to be the best version of myself in the gym and in the classroom. Pushing myself to the extremes have helped me maintain a winners mindset, which has set me up for success and continues to do so throughout my recovery. Never giving up is my mentality.
The past couple of years have helped to me develop an understanding of how to stay focused on my goals and work to achieve them. Personal development is important to me to help me push for the future and to succeed in all my future endeavors. Although my ACL injury has impacted me in many ways, I keep looking towards what is to come, enabling the best in me.