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For the past five years, this has been Grant Frerking’s life. He’s a 19-year-old sophomore at Tennessee and a walk-on receiver for the football team.
He’s also the founder and CEO of Metro Straw, a million-dollar company with branches in Atlanta, Nashville and Charlotte and a claim as one of the largest landscape management companies in the Southeast.
“I still can’t understand how he does it,” said Spencer Topping, who started with the company around a year after it began and has ascended its ranks to director of operations at 21.
Most days, Frerking’s mornings are taken up by class time. In the afternoon, he’ll hustle over to the team facility for meetings and an afternoon practice. When that’s over, the supply chain management major will knock out some homework and/or meet with the football team’s tutoring staff to attend to his academic responsibilities.
When he’s not in class, on the practice field or in the weight room, he’ll be tied to his phone answering calls and emails. “I probably go through three recharge cycles on my phone each day,” Frerking said.
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He’s also the founder and CEO of Metro Straw, a million-dollar company with branches in Atlanta, Nashville and Charlotte and a claim as one of the largest landscape management companies in the Southeast.
“I still can’t understand how he does it,” said Spencer Topping, who started with the company around a year after it began and has ascended its ranks to director of operations at 21.
Most days, Frerking’s mornings are taken up by class time. In the afternoon, he’ll hustle over to the team facility for meetings and an afternoon practice. When that’s over, the supply chain management major will knock out some homework and/or meet with the football team’s tutoring staff to attend to his academic responsibilities.
When he’s not in class, on the practice field or in the weight room, he’ll be tied to his phone answering calls and emails. “I probably go through three recharge cycles on my phone each day,” Frerking said.
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