“It doesn’t matter how much money you come from, how privileged your life was or wasn’t, if you come from a single-parent home — transitioning out of sport is hard for everyone,” says Tobruk Blaine, assistant athletic director of student-athlete development and creator of San José State’s Beyond Sparta program. “Beyond Sparta’s goal is to expose student-athletes to the campus resources and the opportunities that Silicon Valley presents.” Learn more about how the program has created opportunities for student-athletes like Alexa Solomon, ’23 Public Health, and MJ Amey, ’25 Communications, in the latest issue of #SJSUWSQ.