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Direct Sportslink has been working with numerous colleges and universities for over 25 years securing motivational speakers for college speaker series events, race related events, diversity speaker events and inspirational student athlete sports banquets. You can view our work with Dwight Gooden for Notre Dame, A.C. Green for Western Oregon, Desmond Howard for Kent State University, Chamique Holdsclaw for Utah State and many more of our college speaker bookings on our website.

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Featured College Motivational Speaker:

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Kyle Korver Talking To Wake Forest Students

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300+
Location: Winston Salem, North Carolina
Client: Wake Forest University

Wake Forest University hired Direct Sportslink to secure a popular sports motivational speaker for their "Privileged" event on campus. We secured former NBA great Kyle Korver who talked about his experiences growing up and playing in the NBA with a focus on being privileged and what that meant to him. It was an awesome evening with an open conversation that allowed for a great conversation. To secure Kyle Korver for your next event please contact a Direct Sportslink booking agent.

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Jim Abbott

Jim Abbott

He is well-known for his baseball success despite being born without a right hand; He threw a no-hitter for the New York Yankees in 1993; He was elected into the College Baseball Hall of Fame in 2007

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Troy Aikman

Troy Aikman

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Danny Ainge

Danny Ainge

He has played on three separate NBA Finals teams (Celtics, Suns, Blazers); He was a key player on two Boston Celtics NBA Championship teams; He is a member of the Oregon Sports Hall of Fame

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Shaun Alexander

Shaun Alexander

He is the all-time rushing leader for the Seattle Seahawks; In 2005, he led the NFL in rushing yards, rushing touchdowns, and Pro Bowl votes; He is a well known Christian speaker

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Laila Ali

Laila Ali

She is one of the most popular female boxers of all-time and the daughter of one of the most famous people (Muhammad Ali)

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Ray Allen

Ray Allen

His basketball jersey number is retired by the University of Connecticut; He has scored over 20,000 points in the NBA; He was a member of the Gold Medal winning U.S.

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Marcus Allen

Marcus Allen

He was the first NFL player ever to rush for more than 10,000 yards and have 5,000 receiving yards; He is a member of both the College Football Hall of Fame and the Pro Football Hall of Fame

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Donnie Allison

Donnie Allison

He was a ten-time winner of NASCAR races during the 60's, 70's and 80's.

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Barry Alvarez

Barry Alvarez

He is the winningest college football coach in the University of Wisconsin history

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Morten Andersen

Morten Andersen

He is one of the greatest placekickers in the history of the NFL

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Ken Anderson

Ken Anderson

He was the first quarterback to lead the Cincinnati Bengals to the Super Bowl

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Michael Andretti

Michael Andretti

He was the Indy Car Champion in 1991; He is a member of the famous Andretti auto racing family

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Direct Sportslink secured three of the biggest names in women's soccer (Abby Wambach, Kelley O'Hara and Alex Morgan) for one of our widely popular Oracle Open World event in San Francisco, California. Not only did Direct Sportslink show up on site to make sure everything went smooth but they also facilitated having all the soccer stars join us for a concert night with King of Leon. 

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