Mizzou Athletics registers its student athletes to vote in November election | Mid-Missouri News [Video]

COLUMBIA — Mizzou Athletics took time out of student athlete’s schedules to help get them registered to vote.

Student athletes from Missouri had their voter registration checked, while assistance was provided for out-of-state athletes to request absentee ballots or change their registration to Boone County.

“We’re always just trying to get our student athletes engaged in the community,” graduate assistant Mikaela Adolphus said. “We want to make sure they’re getting the same level of engagement as other students on campus.

Adolphus is a former student athlete at her alma mater, University of California-Davis, and says she knows how athletes can struggle to balance their involvement in school and extracurricular activities.

“I just want to offer support that looks past them as just an athlete,” Adolphus said.

“There were lots of questions about voting out of state and requesting absentee ballots,” Adolphus said. “We also helped some people change their addresses [who lived in other parts of Missouri] so …