Athletes and Sports Competitors

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Professional athletes train year-round, compete and represent their teams and sponsors. Very few reach the pros, and careers are often short, so most athletes build a second path in school at the same time.

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High school courses that build toward it

• Entrepreneurship · Career and Technical

  Builds business management, which this job uses.

• English 10 · English

  Builds reading and writing, which this job uses.

• Physical Education · Health and PE

  Builds teaching and training, which this job uses.

• Pre-Algebra · Math

  Builds math, which this job uses.

• Computer Science Principles · Computer Science

  Builds computers and electronics, which this job uses.

Ranked by how much the job relies on what each course teaches, from O*NET's knowledge ratings. Your school's own courses and the counselor have the final word.