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Athletics<\/span><\/p>\n MMA ATHLETICS HAS TRANSFORMED the typical \u201cSigning Day\u201d associated with college athletics. The traditional Signing Day represents the commitment of a high school student to a specific athletic department. Over the past six years Mariners Athletics has adapted that concept to promote the post-graduate success of MMA student-athletes. The Mariners Athletics Signing Day now showcases the career opportunities our students receive, a valuable benefit that sets MMA apart and is useful for recruiting.<\/p>\n An outstanding example is Rebekah \u201cBeek\u201d Campbell, a five-year member of the Women\u2019s Basketball program, who works for PepsiCo.<\/p>\n \u201cI started as a sales intern with PepsiCo in Bangor in July 2015,\u201d says Campbell. \u201cAfter obtaining my IBL degree, I was offered a full-time position in the Taunton, Massachusetts facility as a sales representative in April 2016. After a year of running my own sales route, I was promoted to Customer Development Manager and dealt exclusively with independent customers. In July 2017, I was promoted to Sales District Manager, my current position.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cI am responsible for a team of nine sales representatives,\u201d says Campbell. \u201cMy responsibilities include coaching best practices, communicating sales activity, assisting in general selling and problem-solving for my people. My territory sold 1.12 million cases in 2018 and is projected to top that in 2019.<\/p>\n \u201cI was also able to apply much of what I learned at MMA to my first sales role and felt comfortable pushing myself to grow the business and expand my skill set for future leadership positions.<\/p>\n \u201cI have been extremely fortunate to forge relationships with a wide pool of MMA alumni, Pepsi employees or otherwise, because of how strong the Mariner network is. That network opened the door for me four years ago. I am proud to be a Pepsi employee and an MMA alum.\u201d\u2588<\/span><\/p>\n \u2014By MARINER ATHLETICS<\/em><\/p>\n Photo: courtesy of Rebekah campbell<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Athletics<\/p>\n Signing Day a Different Way<\/p>\n MMA ATHLETICS HAS TRANSFORMED the typical \u201cSigning Day\u201d associated with college athletics. The traditional Signing Day represents the commitment of a high school student to a specific athletic department. Over the past six years Mariners Athletics has adapted that concept to promote the post-graduate success of MMA student-athletes. The Mariners Athletics Signing Day now showcases the career opportunities our students receive, a valuable benefit that sets MMA apart and is useful for recruiting.<\/p>\n An outstanding example is Rebekah \u201cBeek\u201d Campbell, a five-year member of the Women\u2019s Basketball program, who works for PepsiCo.<\/p>\n \u201cI started as a sales intern with PepsiCo in Bangor in July 2015,\u201d says Campbell. \u201cAfter obtaining my IBL degree, I was offered a full-time position in the Taunton, Massachusetts facility as a sales representative in April 2016. After a year of running my own sales route, I was promoted to Customer Development Manager and dealt exclusively with independent customers. In July 2017, I was promoted to Sales District Manager, my current position.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cI am responsible for a team of nine sales representatives,\u201d says Campbell. \u201cMy responsibilities include coaching best practices, communicating sales activity, assisting in general selling and problem-solving for my people. My territory sold 1.12 million cases in 2018 and is projected to top that in 2019.<\/p>\n \u201cI was also able to apply much of what I learned at MMA to my first sales role and felt comfortable pushing myself to grow the business and expand my skill set for future leadership positions.<\/p>\n \u201cI have been extremely fortunate to forge relationships with a wide pool of MMA alumni,<\/p>\nSigning Day a Different Way<\/h1>\n
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