Samantha Emerson

By: Nicole Rolls

Samantha Emerson, Plano, freshman, dreams of becoming a sports writer once she graduates from SFA. Regarding her future career, Samantha said, “No matter what I do in life I always want to work in the sports industry.” She would love to work for either ESPN or the NCAA as a correspondent getting to cover all the games and interview the players. But, if becoming a correspondent doesn’t work out, she said she would like to help sports companies put together ads to help them promote and market their company. As long as Samantha is working for or with a sports company/network she said she would be happy.

Since Samantha was a child she has always been involved in sports, but also had a passion for writing. She always thought “Writing was always something I would be involved in,” but didn’t know how that would come about. Her writing background started in high school where she wrote for her school’s yearbook. Writing for the yearbook, Samantha found this an enjoyable pass time, so her mom suggested to her to combine her two talents of sports and writing into sports journalism.

At SFA Samantha is double majoring in journalism and sports marketing. She is still very active in playing sports and enjoys going to sporting events around campus.
As far as what her friends think about Samantha’s career choice, most don’t understand her motivation. She said that most of her friends are choosing majors that will earn them a lot of money, but aren’t truly passionate about the subject. Samantha said that she is determined to work in the sports industry, even if she doesn’t make a lot of money; it’s something that she is passionate about and would enjoy doing for many years to come.