{"id":684,"date":"2020-07-01T15:39:34","date_gmt":"2020-07-01T20:39:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/schieffercollege.tcu.edu\/communication\/?post_type=student_work&#038;p=684"},"modified":"2020-07-01T15:39:34","modified_gmt":"2020-07-01T20:39:34","slug":"meet-austin-wride-class-of-2015","status":"publish","type":"student_work","link":"https:\/\/schieffercollege.tcu.edu\/communication\/student_work\/meet-austin-wride-class-of-2015\/","title":{"rendered":"Meet Austin Wride, Class of 2015"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Major<\/span><\/b><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">s<\/span><\/b><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">:<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> Communication Studies and Business\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\"><br \/>\n<\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Hometown<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">: Naples, Florida<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\"><br \/>\n<\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Occupation<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">: Director of Operations at Supreme Golf, Inc.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Austin Wride \u201915 graduated from Texas Christian University with a double major in communication studies and business. Wride is now a director of operations at Supreme Golf, Inc. as well as a professional golfer.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Wride originally attended a different university to play golf, but TCU was always on his radar because his sister went there first. He fell in love with TCU\u2019s beautiful campus, strong degree offerings and the big school feel with a small population, and decided to transfer. \u201cI was already bleeding purple before officially transferring over,\u201d Wride said.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">At TCU, Wride was involved in various clubs as well as Greek life. He made many unforgettable memories making it very hard to pick just one. \u201cOne of my favorite and most memorable times from TCU has to be the \u201chypothermia game\u201d I endured against Baylor. It was below freezing, pouring rain and we weren\u2019t even supposed to win against one of our biggest rivals,\u201d he said. \u201cOnce we won in triple overtime, everyone stormed the field and was going crazy together. You don\u2019t get to experience that kind of school spirit every day.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Wride\u2019s passion for golf was something that started as a boy, and he knew he wanted to incorporate that into his career. He played golf through high school, into college and coached at a local country club during his final year at TCU.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Wride made a point to chase his dreams and create goals throughout his time at TCU. \u201cMy time at TCU helped me learn how to prioritize and work hard to achieve my plan and my end goal, and it happened,\u201d he said. He thanks his father for being a phenomenal example of what hard work and dreaming big can get someone. He said that often those who are driven believe they must go it on their own but when it comes down to it, many people have been doing it much longer and can help tremendously.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">When Wride was asked what advice he would give students today, he said, \u201cTake the time to actually set a plan for the goals you would like to achieve and not to panic if things don\u2019t immediately go your way. It will all work out in the end.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Click <a href=\"https:\/\/schieffercollege.tcu.edu\/communication\/\">here<\/a> for more information on the communication studies major.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":685,"template":"","class_list":["post-684","student_work","type-student_work","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","sw_category-communication-studies"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Meet Austin Wride, Class of 2015 - Communication Studies<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/schieffercollege.tcu.edu\/communication\/student_work\/meet-austin-wride-class-of-2015\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Meet Austin Wride, Class of 2015 - Communication Studies\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Majors: Communication Studies and Business\u00a0 Hometown: Naples, Florida Occupation: Director of Operations at Supreme Golf, Inc. 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