Sport for Business Member the Dublin Institute of Technology celebrated its elite student-athletes last week when 42 new students were honoured and formally awarded a place on the Institute’s 2017-18 Elite Athlete Support Programme.
The programme is aimed at providing assistance for students to complete their studies while at the same time compete at the highest level of their sports.
The students for this year include a world champion, several inter-county players and a number of Olympic 2020 hopefuls.
They include representatives from archery, athletics, basketball, cycling, camogie, Gaelic football, hockey, hurling, kayaking, kickboxing, rugby union, rugby league, sailing, skiing and soccer.
The academic courses the athletes are undertaking are similarly diverse with students studying science and health, engineering, business, arts and tourism.
This year’s athletes include Conor Loftus and Danny Kirby from the Mayo senior football team that got to this year’s All Ireland Final.
“This night is unique on the DIT Calendar, where we meet first hand, the athletes and families of our student-athletes – and hear the stories of what has been involved in ensure their success, the challenges they have overcome – and their ambitions,” said Dr Noel O’Connor, Director of Student Development.
“Year after year these great athletes enrich the lives of not only those working in DIT Sport but also the members of the 40 diverse student-led sports clubs across our different campuses,” added Head of Sport Sinead McNulty.
“They share their knowledge, expertise and experience and inspire their peers, and all of us working in DIT sport, to be the best that we can be.”
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