Olivia Dunne Says Other LSU Gymnasts ‘Deserve’ NIL Success ‘Just as Much’ as She Does (Exclusive)

Olivia Dunne, a gymnast from Louisiana State University, rose to the top of the NCAA's female athlete pay scale this year

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Now, the 21-year-old is assisting other female athletes in landing big sponsorship deals.

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Launched in July, Dunne's Livvy Fund announced on Tuesday a new relationship with Accelerator Active Energy,

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indicating that the brand will be the first to sign non-interest deals (NILs) with athletes through the fund. Eight gymnasts from LSU will also represent Accelerator, the company announced in a statement to PEOPLE.

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Dunne added to his expanding list of abilities in the latest amusing post from the official LSU gymnastics Instagram account. She may now add "Tiger Trivia Champion"

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"I've been fortunate enough to have all these different opportunities with NIL and to have experience because it could be very foreign to other athletes at the start of it,"

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Dunne told PEOPLE. "So, I just wanted to help other women and give them opportunities to learn and have more NIL deals because they deserve it just as much as I do."

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"I've been fortunate enough to have all these different opportunities with NIL and to have experience because it could be very foreign to other athletes at the start of it,"

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