She may not be an athlete herself, but third-year journalism major Darby Clark grew up around sports\. Her dad was a hometown basketball star, her mom swam at Purdue and her sister played college soccer.
Although she plans to eventually become a full-time musician, Darby has always been deeply curious about the world of athletes, and especially how their craft intersects the other facets of their lives and affects them as players and as people.
Thus, she is incredibly excited to be a part of the Sports and Society Initiative this year as a communications intern working to write stories, help manage SSI’s social media and strive to continue to grow the Initiative’s reach.
Savannah Deuer is a sophomore studying sport industry with minors in history of art and communication.
Brendan Kucera is a journalism major with an economics minor. He began his internship with SSI in May and is currently the host for The Intersection Podcast. He is also vice president of Scarlet and Gray Sports Radio, the student radio at Ohio State.
Brendan is an aspiring play-by-play broadcaster, and he plans to go to graduate school to further his education in sports business. He enjoys talking sports in any capacity and looks forward to creating more content for SSI.
Connect with him via email at or on Twitter at @Brendan_kucera.
Cameron Schlechty is a sophomire sport industry major with a minor in Communication. Schlechty joined the Ohio State Athletic Communications staff as a student assistant in July of 2018. In the 2018-2019 season, she worked as the primary student contact for the pistol team. For the 2019-2020 season, she will take on the role as the primary student contact for men’s gymnastics.