Season 2 of The Player Development Pod continues to highlight those doing the work in this space. This week we are honored to have James Sherman join the show.
James is another professional making an impact at his alma mater where he was a football student-athlete. (The other three we interviewed were Darien Harris, Syndic Steptoe and Tony Washington.) The special teams ace wanted to help his alma mater and to an opportunity to the next level.
In this episode Ed Jones II sits down with James Sherman, as he shares how he maximized an opportunity give to him to work in the athletic program and turned it into the Director of Player Development role. James will encourage any person in the role and specifically those who want to be in player development to be consistent and go above and beyond their first opportunity in athletics.
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James Sherman is in his third season as the director of player development at Texas State after earning two bachelor’s degrees at Texas State, setting a single-game kicking record, serving four years on the student-athlete advisory committee, and lettering four years for the Bobcat football team.
In his current role, Sherman creates, develops and implements programming that fosters an environment of holistic well-being and personal growth beyond the football field. This programming is rooted and focuses on character growth, community involvement and career development. He also serves as a liaison between student-athletes and several support areas including Academics, Housing, Financial Aid and Student Led Organizations.
Sherman was a four-year letterman for the Bobcats, set three single-game kicking records, and served four years on the student-athlete advisory committee.
Sherman set Texas State’s single-game records for most field goals made and attempted when he was successful on five of his six tries against Texas Southern in 2018. He also tied another school record and equaled the fourth-highest point total in Sun Belt Conference history when he scored 18 points in Texas State’s 36-20 victory over Texas Southern.
He was named Texas State’s Male Scholar-Athlete of the Year in 2018 after serving as the president of Texas State’s Student-Athlete Advisory Committee, and vice-chair on the Sun Belt Conference’s SAAC. He earned a Texas State Academic Achievement certificate three times, the school’s Academic Star of Excellence once, and was on the Sun Belt Commissioner’s List three times after maintaining a GPA between 3.5-4.0.
He was a member of the Fellowship of Christian Athletes and Athletes in Action and invited to play for Team USA in the 2018 World Championships.
A Montgomery, Ala. native, Sherman earned bachelor’s degrees in political science in Dec. 2017 and economics in Dec. 2018.
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