Former Super Bowl Champion visits MSU for Athlete Engineering Summit
Contact: Mary Pollitz
STARKVILLE, Miss.—Mississippi State’s Athlete Engineering Institute continues to set the pace for understanding the recovery needed for all athletes with its annual summit.
Themed “Becoming Elite,” the summit will be held April 15-17 at The Mill at MSU Conference Center featuring keynote speaker and former NFL Super Bowl Champion Ndamukong Suh.
“Becoming an elite competitor takes talent, along with a lifetime of commitment and willingness to push yourself. Being elite is an exercise in patience, pain tolerance and not being afraid to get uncomfortable,” Suh said. “But all of this is only possible with the small army of elite experts you must surround yourself with who support you, care about you and remind you about why you do it. I’m speaking at the Athlete Engineering Summit with Dr. Reuben Burch and Andrea Hudy to tell my story about becoming elite but, more importantly, to emphasize the importance of the people who serve as the support system in my life.”
Reuben Burch, associate vice president for research and executive director of MSU’s Athlete Engineering Institute, will host the summit alongside Andrea Hudy, a strength and conditioning coach for elite basketball programs at the University of Kansas, University of Texas, and University of Connecticut. This year’s summit is the fourth annual event for Athlete Engineering, hosting professionals from medical fields, military, industry, academia and human performance.
“We have people that work toward the same goal of keeping everybody happy, healthy and productive, but in different sectors,” Burch said. “Mississippi State is hosting this because there’s only one Athlete Engineering Institute in the world and it’s here at Mississippi State.”
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The institute’s team develops new tools that improve performance in the four athlete personas: sports, industrial, tactical and at-risk.
Hudy said, “I’m helping to lead the conversations this year at the Athlete Engineering Summit because the story of becoming an elite athlete now transcends more than sports. With this growing need and desire for human performance knowledge to be shared across sectors, experts in my field have a chance to give back at even greater levels. The Athlete Engineering Summit is the best place to have the discussion about becoming elite for all athlete types.”
Registration is open at www.athleteengineeringsummit.com and is $300 for general admission and $100 for Mississippians in the academic sector. The registration fee covers all meals, social events and a swag bag.
For complete conference information, including speakers, agenda and registration, visit www.athleteengineeringsummit.com.
To learn more about MSU’s Athlete Engineering Institute and research team, visit https://www.cavs.msstate.edu/research/athlete_engineering.php.
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