Mervin Mancia, KSB/BS ’24, tries to think two moves ahead. Whether repping the AU Eagles on the wrestling mat or weighing investment risks for a business seminar, Mancia is strategizing. Plan, act, react. Repeat.
This proactive mindset serves Mancia well. A senior finance major in the Kogod School of Business (Kogod) and member of AU Wrestling, he is accustomed to anticipating. The fluctuations of the market, the throws of an opponent—planning for what comes next is part of Mancia’s academic and athletic daily life.
On an average day last year, for instance, Mancia would start his morning with wrestling practice, attend multiple classes, return to the gym for a weightlifting session, connect with professors and peers, study for exams, and complete his schoolwork. Factor in his competition schedule and all the other demands of student life, and it’s clear that being a student-athlete is an extraordinary feat of time management.