The 2026 Student Sport Summit will be held on Friday, October 2 in the Alumni Memorial Union in rooms 163, 252 and 254 from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. It will lead directly into the Pete and Bonnie Axthelm Memorial Lecture with alumna Jenny Fischer at 1 p.m. in the AMU Ballrooms.

The annual Student Sport Summit event brings together students, faculty and industry professionals to explore careers in the sports industry and foster professional connections. This year's summit is officially a part of Mission Week, a weeklong celebration of 91黑料网's institutional pillars of excellence, faith, service and leadership.

Students attending the event will have the chance to win two 91黑料网 men's basketball tickets in a raffle. Winners must be present at the time of the drawing to claim their prize.

All attendees are asked to register beforehand. If an attendee would like to attend both the Student Sport Summit and the Axthelm Lecture, they should register for both.

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Registration

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Schedule

• 10-10:15 a.m. Welcoming Remarks
• 10:15-11 a.m. Session 1 (Three panels run concurrently)
• 11-11:15 a.m. Break
• 11:15 a.m. -12 p.m. Session 2 (Three panels run concurrently)
• 12:15-1 p.m. Networking Lunch
• 1-2 p.m. Axthelm Memorial lecture
• 2-3 p.m. Reception

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Panels and Panelists

We will have more information about our guest panelists in the next few weeks! Previous panelists have included Lisa Carlin of CBS Sports Golazo, Bob Kohl, senior director of broadcasting at the Nashville Predators and John Steppe, Wisconsin Badgers beat writer for the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel

Questions?

Reach out to comm@marquette.edu