Men's Basketball Recruiting Guide 2016
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PATRICK<br />
PIEPKORN ’12<br />
MAJOR: ECONOMICS<br />
NOW: SECURIAN FINANCIAL GROUP,<br />
A FINANCIAL SERVICES CORPORATION<br />
QUOTE: “YOU WILL EMERGE FROM<br />
MACALESTER AS A BETTER VERSION OF<br />
YOURSELF.”<br />
“Being a part of competitive team sports<br />
taught me the value in working hard,<br />
being a team player, giving it your best,<br />
communication, problem solving, and<br />
many more skills I use in working with<br />
others in my personal and professional life<br />
today,” says former basketball forward<br />
Patrick Piepkorn ’12.<br />
Piepkorn remembers his favorite Macalester<br />
basketball game, a road contest at St.<br />
John’s University. Piepkorn grew up in<br />
Sauk Rapids, Minnesota, a small town near<br />
St. John’s. “The Piepkorn family reunion<br />
happened to coincide with the game, so<br />
I had more than 25 family members and<br />
friends in attendance to watch the most<br />
meaningful win of my career.”<br />
With the help of a Macalester economics<br />
professor, Piepkorn secured an internship<br />
with startup Adjuvant near his hometown.<br />
The next year he was accepted to<br />
Securian Financial Group’s Management<br />
Development Program, which led to a<br />
full-time job at Securian. Now a client<br />
relationship advisor, Piepkorn’s builds and<br />
manages relationships with 15 to 25 of<br />
Securian’s Fortune 1,000 clients.<br />
“Being a student athlete at Macalester is a<br />
rewarding experience! Between supportive<br />
teammates, coaches and professors, you<br />
will emerge from Macalester academics and<br />
athletics as a better version of yourself.”
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