Hoka shoes, transferring from a semester school to the quarter system, and handling setbacks with Kate Intile
In this episode with Kate Intile we talk about how she manifested her dream job working for Hoka. She transferred from Colorado University to Oregon State half way through her college running career. Kate went through some serious setbacks so we talked about what she learned from those. Kate ran track and cross country at Oregon State. She just finished up in the fall of 2022 with the cross country season as a Beaver. She graduated with her bachelor’s degree in business analytics and her MBA in marketing. Her boyfriend, Adam, also was a college athlete but at a different school. They are finally together in Portland, Oregon. In her free time she enjoys hanging out with her nieces and nephews, going skiing, being in the beautiful Oregon outdoors, and cheering for the Trail Blazers.
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Below are the questions that she answered in the podcast:
How did you get your job at Hoka?
You almost quit running after Colorado. What was it about Oregon State that made you change your mind?
What did you learn from your experience at CU and how do you apply those lessons to your life now?
Do you feel like you would have done a different degree if you weren’t a student-athlete?
What was one of your favorite moments while competing?
What do you anticipate the transition out of being a college athlete to be like?
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