STATESBORO – Georgia Southern men's golf Hall of Famer Aron Price spoke to the current men's golf team via Zoom Thursday night as part of the APEX (Athletes Preparing for Employment Experiences) Career Speaker Series.

Price talked about the transition from college to pro golf as well as pro golf to the business world. Price played in 70 PGA Tour events, recorded four top-10s, 12 top-25s and earned over $1.5 million. He lives in Jacksonville, Florida, and works in real estate. 

Price won 12 individual tournament titles, including seven collegiate medals and five on the amateur circuit, in 3-and-a-half years at Georgia Southern. As a senior, he was named to the Golf Coaches Association of America (GCAA) Ping All-America First Team after tying for seventh at the NCAA Championships, shooting a 3-over 283, seven strokes behind the winner. He led the Eagles to three team championships and the program's first Southern Conference title in 2003 and was selected a Ping third-team All-American his junior year. He earned SoCon player of the year honors in 2004, turned pro in 2005 and earned his PGA Tour card in 2009 after finishing 18th on the money list for the Nationwide Tour. Price was inducted into the Georgia Southern Athletics Hall of Fame in 2016.

The Career Speaker Series is an ongoing event throughout the academic year. Through a partnership with the Student-Athlete Advisory Committee, student-athletes from each athletics program choose a topic and date for their speaker, and the APEX program coordinates a 45-minute meeting via Zoom with a professional in the chosen career through its Eagle Outreach Program. Speakers will talk about the process to obtain a career in their field and the necessary skill set required to excel. Examples of careers discussed are Banking/Finance, Real Estate, Marketing/Sales, Criminal Justice, Entrepreneurship, Business/Corporate America, Accounting and Construction.

The Career Speaker series is another component of the APEX programming curriculum designed to help prepare Georgia Southern student athletes for the ultimate challenge after their playing careers- life. Led by Senior Associate Athletics Director Student-Athlete Development Gleen Hart and Senior Associate Athletics Director for Administration Tracy Ham, the APEX program fosters the holistic growth of all Georgia Southern student-athletes based on four pillars: life skills, leadership development, career growth and community engagement. The vision statement of the program is to "develop confident and independent leaders to win in their careers, communities and households."