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The first professional development league for student-athletes —where competitive drive never retires.
The first professional development league for student-athletes —where competitive drive never retires.
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The first professional development league for student-athletes —where competitive drive never retires.
The first professional development league for student-athletes —where competitive drive never retires.
Launched in 2020, the Make-A-Play Foundation (MAP) is a national nonprofit that reimagines athlete development. We start with what athletes know best — their competitive drive — and transform it into a powerful tool for professional success.
Through our Professional Development Association ("PDA") — the first sports-style professional development league — athletes enter a gamified system of fellowships and real-world business challenges. Here, they don’t just prepare for interviews; they train like pros, with leaderboards, rankings, and “regular season vs. playoffs” competitions that mirror the intensity of athletics.
🏆 Elite athletes. Elite universities. Elite careers.
We teach athletes how to be champions in every arena of life. From the admissions race to the corporate arena, we prepare elite athletes for elite universities — and the elite careers that follow.
At MAP, our Professional Development Association (PDA) is modeled after the world's greatest sports leagues — because the best leagues are home to the best athletes. Competition sharpens talent, raises the stakes, and creates champions. That’s exactly how our system works, with two levels of play: the Major League for college athletes and the Minor League for high school athletes.
⚾ Major League — The big stage. Our 20 annual, corporate-sponsored fellowships give elite college athletes the toughest reps in career prep. Through real-world business challenges, leaderboards, and playoff-style competitions, they gain the skills and exposure to break into the world’s top companies.
🔥 Minor League — The proving ground. Our four university-sponsored fellowships develop elite high school athletes across academic disciplines. Like prospects working their way up the system, these athletes sharpen their game, showcase their strengths, and prepare for admission into the nation’s top universities.
College and High School Athletes Served Annually
of our College Athletes Attend US News Top 50 Colleges + Universities
of our Playoff College Athletes secure job offers at leading companies
Steering MAP through a shifting recruiting landscape has given us a front-row seat to the same qualities our athletes embody every day — grit, tenacity, competitiveness, innovation, and the relentless drive to win. It pushed us to ask at the top of the year: how can we bring those same qualities forward to reimagine the MAP experience — the way a coach rewrites the playbook to get the most out of their team?
In early September, we proudly welcomed 277 new Fall League athletes, bringing MAP to 1,146 scholar-athletes served in 2025. Among them: Olympians Donata Katai (Princeton Swimming & Diving), Katina Proestakis-Ortiz (Penn Fencing), and Megumi Field (Stanford Artistic Swimming) — raising our Olympian roster to 15 since 2020. 🌍🏅
From just 50 athletes in 2020 → 1,110+ today, MAP has grown into the first sports-style professional development league of its kind, preparing elite athletes from elite universities for elite careers. Thank you to our alumni, partners, and supporters who have believed in this vision from the start — we wouldn’t be here without you. 🙏
Amal Yamusah - MAP Founder