Wisconsin Athletes Benefit from Madison's Exact Sciences

Badger athletes studying healthcare fields leverage NIL for career experience

Wisconsin student-athletes are benefiting from Exact Sciences, allowing MJ Hammill and others to seek jobs available in their field. Exact Sciences is allowing Hammill the opportunity to find jobs as she's passionate about biomedical engineering, which she's earning a degree in. 

Hammill spoke about the opportunity, showing that it interests her and how it made her understand the roles that come along with the career. She had the following to say, according to Colten Bartholomew of Badger Extra:

“I've gotten to see, kind of top to bottom, all the different roles that (Exact Sciences) have there that you wouldn't even think about,” Hammill said this week. “And then they'll even sit down with me and really kind of ask, 'What would you want in a company? What really interests you?’ And their experience and being able to see me as a whole really helps that and obviously adds a lot of guidance to a world that I’m not familiar with.”

The Wisconsin athletes will benefit from the deal in exchange for payments, and career opportunities. They'll also participate in charity events.

According to Bartholomew, Exact Sciences came to the Wisconsin administration last summer searching for student-athletes whose majors were in the healthcare fields. Eight student-athletes were chosen after an interview process.

While NIL deals are here to help kids financially, some of them offer them value beyond the money they make. Exact Sciences is doing just that with this deal that allows them to find opportunities in their field. 

NIL deals don't have to just benefit student athletes financially. In fact, an NIL deal like this can oftentimes benefit them more than they would from a deal that only brings them money.

College athletics aren't forever and being prepared for the next stage of life is important. Wisconsin and Exact Sciences understand that and are giving their athletes the chance to understand that while still doing what they love in college.