Athlete of the Month | July '20

As a professional athlete, Brandon is well-positioned to educate us all on what it takes to achieve greatly; but as a young man who is at the very start of his sporting career, he is intensely focused on continuing to grow in every aspect of his life. His discovery of TAILORED ATHLETE was by chance, but it’s safe to say the ability to look good and feel good is part of that growth.

Hailing from Kalamazoo, Michigan, USA, Brandon grew up playing club soccer and considered himself ‘naturally athletic’. 

“I played a lot of sports when I was younger: track, baseball, basketball, but soccer was not only the game I was best at, it was also the one I enjoyed the most, and when you’re good at something it’s easy to be motivated because you like the feeling of winning”

Nevertheless, he still maintained an academic focus and earned a scholarship at his hometown college, Western Michigan University, to study Business. Admittedly, Western Michigan University’s soccer team was not the greatest when Brandon joined, however, he recalls a real sense of ambition and community amongst him and his team-mates and during his time there, they went on to have one of the best seasons in the University's history. At one point he was also voted conference player of the year. Although he was very much just enjoying playing soccer, he had secretly set himself a personal goal of being invited to the MLS Combine: an invite-only four-day annual showcase to some of the top teams in the MLS. In his senior year, Brandon was invited to partake, which he recalls as a special moment.