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Olivia Dunne transformed into an internet sensation as a member of the gymnastics team at LSU, but she closed that chapter when she decided to retire from the sport after wrapping up her time with the Tigers. Now, we have some insight into what she plans to do as she enters the next stage of her life.
The internet has spawned countless influencers who’ve taken advantage of the various platforms at their disposal to become bona fide celebrities, and Olivia Dunne absolutely stuck the landing when the gymnast started garnering plenty of attention after enrolling at LSU.
As things currently stand, the online star commonly referred to as “Livvy” boasts over 8 million followers on TikTok and another 5.3 million on Instagram, and she spent the past few years balancing her career as an influencer with the responsibilities that come with being a student-athlete before announcing she’d decided to walk away from the sport she’d been competing in for 20 years in April.
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Dunne is also dating Pirates pitchers Paul Skenes, and earlier this year, she hinted at what she might do after graduating in an interview with GQ where she noted she was pursuing a graduate degree in technology management (when asked to elaborate on what that entails, she said, “Managing technology. I don’t know. It’s mostly presentations. I’m learning about AI and the benefits of it right now).
We have some more information concerning what the now-retired gymnast is planning to do now that she’s no longer a college student courtesy of a conversation she had with Rolling Stone, saying she plans to supplement the opportunities that come with being an influencer while attempting to brighten the spotlight for other female student-athletes:
“I’ll always advocate for women’s sports — they’re so important. I have a fund at LSU called the Livvy Fund, and it’s to help provide NIL deals for female student athletes.
I’d like to expand that to other schools and keep helping women and educating them because it is harder for women to get NIL deals and to know what to do. Because there’s not a lot of knowledge or opportunity in that area. That’s so important to me.”
Dunne certainly knows a thing or two about landing NIL deals, and it’s safe to assume there are plenty of people who’d be more than happy to get the chance to learn from one of the best.