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Being A College Athlete Essay

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A high school athlete waiting to become a college athlete should be prepared for the best thing about participating in college sport to happen, new college athletes should be prepared to gain a second family. Playing on a team in college brings that group of teammates closer than any incoming freshman can imagine. An athlete’s team contains a number of boys/girls that are going through the same thing as them. Teammates are truly the only ones that are being put through the same trials as all of the other teammates. Teammates are the only ones who understand what it is like to be a student athlete in college. On top of all of that, teammates spend a lot time with each other in college. From practices, games and events, teammates all go through …show more content…

I had played on multiple soccer teams before, with tons and tons of girls, but none of the friendships I had ever built with any team ever compared to the friendships I built with my college soccer team. College sports are on a whole other level compared to high school. College studies are another level as well. I chose to go to college about nine hours away from my house. I had no idea what I had gotten myself into. I hated college soccer at first. I thought that I had made the worst decision of my life. It was so hard to be in an unfamiliar place with random people being pushed harder than I ever had before. It took a lot of adjusting. But top of adjusting, one day I realized that I wasn't the only one who was in my place. There were a group of around 22 girls in the same place I was. It was when I figured this out that my journey of realizing I was making the best friends I would ever have came out. There were 22 girls missing home and dreading 6am practices. There were 22 girls staying up until 2am studying for midterms. There were 22 girls who I was becoming family with and I didn't even know it. Sure, I hated my team sometimes, but looking back on it, those 22 girls shaped me into the person I am today. I am so grateful beyond measure to have had the opportunity to be a college athlete because NCAA soccer gave me the best 22 sisters I have ever had (Carter,

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