This year’s International Convention will be held virtually on June 25, 2022 at 12:00 PM CDT and we are proud to announce the event’s keynote speaker, Brittany Wagner.
Brittany Wagner is a nationally respected athletic academic counselor and motivational speaker best known for her role as the breakout star of the hit Netflix documentary series, Last Chance U. Recognized for her compassion, encouragement, and no-nonsense attitude, Brittany guided many young men to academic and professional success despite run-ins with the law, extreme poverty, abandonment, and often a complete lack of academic preparedness. She has helped over 200 football players academically qualify for nationally respected NCAA Division I schools, and all of the students Brittany advised who are currently playing in the NFL, also hold college degrees.
Brittany’s inadvertent stardom led to feature interviews with Good Morning America, ABC’s Nightline, The Dan Patrick Show, The New York Times, and Sports Illustrated — to name a few.
For the past four years, Brittany has traveled all over the country as a motivational speaker. In the fall of 2017, she launched her own company, Ten Thousand Pencils (10KP). Through 10KP, she is able to aid at-risk youth by working individually with high school and college-level administrators, counselors, and teachers to help them build relationships with these students and better support their emotional, social, and academic needs.
Brittany’s first book: Next Chance You: Tools, Tips and Tough Love for Bringing Your A-Game to Life was published in September of 2021.
Brittany earned both her undergraduate and graduate degrees in Sports Communication and Administration from Mississippi State University. She is currently a professor in the College of Business at The University of Montevallo. She resides in Birmingham, Alabama with her teenage daughter, Kennedy, and their dog, Ollie.
We are thrilled to welcome Brittany as this year’s keynote speaker and look forward to hearing from her on June 25th! For more details about the event, click here.
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