Three D\u2019s, one young woman and a long list of accomplishments and ambitions. Recent graduate Raven Magwood believes that dedication, determination and discipline are the sources to her success. She graduated from Clemson at the age of 19, but that\u2019s just one of her many accomplishments.
\nBy the time she was 12, Magwood had a national gymnastics title, was a published author and had started high school. At 16, she followed in her parents\u2019 footsteps to Clemson, planning on a career in medicine. A conversation with her mother altered that career path.
\n\u201cShe asked me if someone would pay me to do anything, what would I do? I told her that I would speak and write,\u201d Magwood said. With her parents\u2019 support, she changed her major to communication studies.
\nBy this time, her motivational speaking was gaining a lot of attention. Halfway through college, she made a bold decision to take time off to host her own television show, \u201cThe Raven Magwood Show,\u201d which aired Saturday mornings on My 40. She interviewed celebrities that included Alveda King (Martin Luther King Jr.\u2019s niece), actress Porscha Coleman and former Clemson football player Stanley Hunter. After a year and a half, Magwood decided it was time to go back and finish her degree.
\nHer final year at Clemson, she attended classes during the week and spent most of her weekends traveling the country to speak and promote her third and latest book, The 7 Practices of Exceptional Student Athletes. Magwood graduated in December, finishing college in just four semesters. And now she has plunged into her full-blown career of speaking and writing.
\nHer advice to others? \u201cIt is key to set goals; when times get tough for me, my goals show me what I\u2019m working so hard for and where I want to be.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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