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Train your game.
Build your brand.
Launch you career

Build your confidence, leadership, and recruiting readiness while continuing to train and compete.
While your peers are interning, you're training and we make sure you don’t fall behind. Aloha Athletes helps student-athletes prepare for college through recruiting guidance, real-world business experience, and opportunities designed to fit an athlete’s schedule.

TESTIMONIALS
What Families Are Saying

After the tournament "One lesson with Terri and I literally used everything this weekend" 

Camile D, / Volleyball / Player 12U

"Mila had a league tournament Saturday and Sunday last weekend, and I’ve been meaning to tell you - SHE DID AMAZING. She did so well early on Saturday that coach put her every set for the rest of the tournament. She was present and confident and it was like watching a different kid play, I can’t thank you enough!"

Kelly D./ Volleyball Mom / Parent

Junior MVP:From Playing Field to Business Field

Growing Forward is designed to help student-athletes take their first steps toward independence while still feeling supported.
 

Through reflection and guided activities, students will:

  • Learn responsibility through decision-making

  • Discover skills they already use every day

  • Practice explaining those skills in their own words

  • Begin understanding how the real world works
     

Families are invited to support this process by encouraging conversations, reflection, and confidence at home.

This course focuses on growth not pressure and helps students feel capable as they take on more responsibility.

Students on Stairs

How the Levels Work

This program is designed as a three-level journey.

Each level builds on the one before it, which is why students start with Level 1 and work their way forward.
 

  • Level 1: Self-Discovery & Identity helps students understand who they are, what matters to them, and the strengths they already have.

  • Level 2: Skill Translation & Career Exploration builds on that clarity by helping students apply what they’ve learned to real-world skills, interests, and opportunities.

  • Level 3: Storytelling & Personal Brand brings it all together by teaching students how to intentionally share their story in a world that is constantly shaping narratives for them.
     

Each level prepares students for the next. Starting at Level 1 ensures they build confidence, clarity, and skills in the right order without skipping important foundations.

Our Services

Junior MVP: From Playing Field to Business Field

A guided introduction to money, skills, and responsibility built for kids, with parents involved.

Junior MVP is a hands-on course designed to help kids ages 10–12 discover what they’re good at, learn how money works, and turn their interests into a small, safe, parent-guided business idea.

This program isn’t about rushing kids to “grow up.”
It’s about helping them understand effort, value, and responsibility early in a way that feels achievable, confidence-building, and fun.

Kids learn how skills they already use at school, home, or activities can help others and how that effort can turn into earned income, thoughtful spending, saving, and giving.

Parents stay involved every step of the way.


Requirements:
• Students must be between the ages of 10–13

• Parent or Guardian Involvement
 

Focus:
Designed to strengthen communication between kids and families while building independence.
 

You Learn To:

  • How to identify their strengths and interests

  • How to turn skills into helpful services

  • How to create a simple business idea

  • How to talk about their idea clearly and confidently

  • How to manage money using the Four Buckets (Spend, Save, Invest, Give)

  • How to market their service safely with parent approval

  • How to plan, present, and take responsibility

  • 1:1 Session
     

Key Outcome:This course helps kids move from “I want” to “I worked for it.”

Junior MVP is designed to be accessible, safe, and family-supported. No prior business experience is needed.

Recruiting Ready + Business Skills for Athletes

Recruiting Ready + Business Skills for Athletes helps student-athletes prepare for the next level while they are still in high school. Athletes learn how to build a strong recruiting profile, communicate with college coaches, and develop real-world skills that help them stand out.

By combining recruiting preparation with simple business-building experiences, student-athletes gain confidence, leadership skills, and a better understanding of how to balance academics, sports, and responsibility.

This program is designed for athletes who are ready to take ownership of their journey and create opportunities both on and off the field.

You Learn To:
• Build a strong and professional recruiting profile
• Understand the different college levels (D1, D2, D3, NAIA, JUCO)
• Explore simple business ideas using your skills
• Create a stronger recruiting story that helps you stand out.
• 1:1 Session

Key Outcome:
Gain confidence & Real-world experiences

Student-athletes leave with a completed recruiting profile, real-world experience, and the confidence to pursue college opportunities both in sports and academics.

 LEVEL 1: 
Self-Discovery & Identity

Level 1 teaches the mindset, language, and standards that prepare you for the workplace beyond the arena, stadium, or field. Your skills as an athlete absolutely translate to professionalism. This course shows you how to recognize them, name them, and use them with confidence.

Focus:
Understanding who you are beyond the jersey
 

You Learn To:

  • Translate athletic experience into real skills

  • Build identity beyond position or sport

  • Replace panic with confidence

  • Understand your value before needing it

  • 1:1 Session
     

Key Outcome:
Clarity without pressure

Most student-athletes aren’t taught how to carry themselves professionally, how to use the right language, or how their athletic experience translates beyond the field. That doesn’t mean you’re behind. It means you haven’t been shown how yet.

LEVEL 2: 
Professional Foundation & Career Translation

Level 2 is where preparation becomes professional readiness.

You’ll learn how to build a strong professional profile and resume that highlights your skills, character, and interests not just your athletic role. This level introduces the tools of the professional world and shows you how to apply them with confidence.

Whether you’re exploring the sciences, education, the arts, or corporate roles, you’ll learn how to communicate professionally and build a career path that fits alongside your academic and athletic commitments.

This is about showing up prepared long before opportunities require it.


Requirements:
• Level 1 complete

Scholarship 
• 3.0 GPA
• 2 recommendation letters
 

Focus:
Turning confidence into professional readiness
 

You Learn To:

  • Build a real resume (not a template)

  • Optimize LinkedIn professionally

  • Interview with structure and confidence

  • Network without awkwardness

  • Explore career paths intentionally

  • 1:1 Session
     

Key Outcome:
Professional credibility

Our program equips you with the skills and confidence needed for a smooth transition into the professional world.

LEVEL 3: 
Brand Building & Market Positioning

You’ll learn how to craft a strong online profile and professional presence that clearly communicates who you are, what you offer, and where you’re headed especially as it relates to internship and early-career opportunities. This level focuses on helping you market yourself with confidence, not as an athlete hoping for a chance, but as a promising internship candidate ready to contribute.

You’ll develop the language, tools, and assets needed to show up clearly and consistently across platforms, so recruiters and hiring managers quickly understand your value.


Requirements:
• Level 2 complete
• Portfolio / LinkedIn approval
 

Focus:
Standing out and creating opportunity
 

You Learn To:

  • Define your personal brand

  • Share your story professionally

  • Build thought leadership content

  • Create a portfolio with proof of value

  • Position yourself intentionally in the market

  • 1:1 Session
     

Key Outcome:
Ownership & visibility

Gain practical experience and insights into real-world business operations to supplement your academic learning.

WHY THIS PATHWAY WORKS

Why Student-Athletes Choose This Path:

  • No rushing out of sport

  • No guessing at the end

  • No generic advice

  • Real preparation, early

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You don’t skip steps.
You build forward  with confidence.

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