UT students work behind the scenes at the Super Bowl
On Sunday, as millions of people sat down to watch Super Bowl LIV, nine University of Tennessee at Knoxville students were in Miami, hard at work behind the scenes.
For the 14th year, UT students were able to learn firsthand what it takes to stage such a major event, according to a news release. The group of students, which included five student athletes and four others, majoring in either business, communications, kinesiology or sport management, were at the event, doing everything from taking tickets and holding up signs to throwing footballs with kids at a booth at the NFL Experience.
The students were chosen through an application and interview process. They include Alyssa Andreno, senior in sport management; Erin Gilroy, senior; Ruth Ann Reason, senior; Wade Harrison Sluss, senior; Mariah Nicole Smith, junior; Trey Smith, junior; Mary Joanne Swearingen, senior; Waverly Whiston, junior; and Tyler Harrison Young, junior.
Whiston, who is majoring in accounting and is a member of the UT golf team, said she applied for the trip for a variety of reasons.