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More than a kick
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English - July 27, 2023 18:00 - 12 minutes - 8.93 MBEducation Science washington state university cougars research memoir education alumni food books Homepage Download Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Dean Janikowski is the kicker for Washington State University’s football team, a 2022 graduate and currently an MBA student at WSU. He also has a great time on Instagram and other social media with photos and videos playing football for the Cougs, riding dirt bikes, and kicking spicy Chicken McNuggets.
In this episode, Dean talks with Washington State Magazine writer Becky Kramer about raising money for the Heather Janikowski Foundation, a charity named for his mom, who died of cancer.
Dean also talks about how he started his sports career in soccer, NIL (name, image, and likeness), and his side gig as a social media influencer.
You can follow Dean Janikowski on Instagram, Twitter, Facebook, YouTube, and TikTok.
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The Fall 2023 issue of the magazine digs deeper into the rapidly changing landscape of NIL in college sports. Check it out next week at magazine.wsu.edu.
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