Aairiona Hayden-Ransom came to WKU to be a Division 1 athlete, but will leave the Hill having created career opportunities for herself in the finance field.
A senior from Lexington, Hayden-Ransom is a Finance major on the Financial Planning track. She has been a student-athlete for her entire time at WKU as a member of the Track and Field and Cross Country teams.
After turning down other Division 1 offers from schools like Xavier and Columbia, Hayden-Ransom chose to attend WKU because of its location and the ability to utilize the Kentucky Education Excellence Scholarship. After her first year on the Hill as a biology major, she switched to finance within the WKU Gordon Ford College of Business.
“A lot of my family members have had successful businesses, and seeing what it takes to have a successful one kind of led me to the business industry,” Hayden-Ransom said. “I had always been interested in the financial markets, which is why I believe finance is the best field for me. I also knew that I wanted to help people – the best way to do that in the finance field is to be a financial advisor in my opinion.”
