LITTLE ROCK, Ark. – Little Rock Trojans student-athletes gained valuable life skills knowledge last week after a presentation from Eric Smith, a financial literacy coach.
Last Tuesday over 170 student-athletes gathered as part of Little Rock's Life Skills program to learn how to budget, save money, build credit, invest properly and effectively, evaluate job offers, determine differences in cost of living and what apps can help save money and monitor their financial situation.
Eric Smith, who spent nearly 30 years as a successful lender and banking executive, gave the presentation. He is the founder of The EKS Group, LLC and was the first-ever financial literacy speaker to the included on the NCAA's Speaker Registry.