College Admissions Essay: A Career In Playing Sports

When I was just starting basketball, my coach told me something. There had been ball on the ground in the game and a player had jumped on it. He asked me why I didn’t go for it too. I said, “I didn’t want to injure the other guy”. He told me that if I want to be a great basketball player you have to make sacrifices. Nothing can get in your way of being not only successful in basketball, but also in life.

I consider myself to be a multi-sport athlete because I have participated and continue to take part in various sports such as figure skating, competitive swimming, and soccer. Along with these sports, I’m currently taking life-saving courses to eventually become a lifeguard. I’ve also volunteered at my skating rink to help younger children learn how to skate every Saturday morning. I make school my number one priority so having these sports can be difficult to manage so I tend to shy away from extracurricular activities, but when I do find time I try out for the basketball team and the track and field team. I’ve previously played with the school’s junior girls basketball team and played discus and shotput in the track and field team. Inside

It wasn’t that long ago when I became in love with the game of baseball. I still remember the day that my neighbor met me outside in the front yard just as we always did. It has been approximately two years ever since that Friday after school he asked me if I want to go to a Angel’s baseball game. I decided to go nothing better to do that day, when I got there it was such a rush seeing all the people that came to watch a baseball game. I followed my neighbor down the line, eagerly I waited to try to obtain a baseball players autograph. My friend gave me a baseball to try to get autographed, and later that day I luckily got my first baseball players autograph. His name was Dino Ebel the bench coach for the Angels,

Over the years I have worked diligently for countless hours to become the best lacrosse player that I can possibly be. In turn this has provided me with the opportunity to be a student of Duke University which is a incredible honor. However, now that I have the opportunity to go to Duke and play the game I love I want to have the opportunity to better myself as a person off the field and put a positive effect on others around me. To have the chance to be able to learn from some of the best if not the best collegiate staff is unimaginable to most. I plan to take full advantage of the knowledge and wisdom that the Duke coaches as well as Professors and even Alumni have to offer. I know that In the end, I will come out with a degree, and

I could be considered a hidden figure because I am a multi-faceted individual. I have a passion for learning and recalling information. For example, I have been the team captain for my Black History Quiz Bowl team which competes for 6-8 hours, Jeopardy style against other schools. I initiate contact with my school advisers and study groups outside of school hours. Other academic talents include continuous A-Honor Roll, scoring 5/5 in every subject for the state End of Grade testing. I was selected as the highest academic achiever in the 4th grade, thereby receiving honors and recognition at the UNC and Duke Football game as “All Star Achiever.” My next hidden talent surfaced as I attended an amazing summer camp at Clemson University. I built

Goals to be accomplished A time in my life when I attempted to fulfill my goals was to play Varsity Basketball as a freshman. It all started when I was 13 years old. I played basketball for Mead Middle School and when I made team and it was close to the end of the season and the Varsity girls from East came to watch us play and I wanted them to notice me.

I grew up loving sports. My favorite sport has changed over the years, but the love for sports has always remained. Being an athletic trainer would allow me to stay involved with athletics and includes my love of science. Since I was a child I knew I wanted to be a scientist. Started off as veterinarian, then zoologist, then marine biologist but has always been in science. This football season has showed me the career path I want to take. I have recently been on a college visit and talked to a professor in the Kinesiology department. I know that there won't be a lot of free time in the program, so that means not a lot of time to work. This scholarship would allow me to continue my education, even with a limited income. I don't want to have

The age old question has been brought up significantly in the past couple of years and can be considered a national controversy. The answer is you can’t downright pay college athletes due the NCAA “amateurism” ruling. There are many plausible ways to compensate these athletes that are bringing in more money than the school knows what to do with. The NCAA has billions of dollars that they mindlessly shell out to programs for “updated equipment”, locker rooms,gear, etc. Also the NCAA says they pay for schooling for the athletes and that is enough, however not every athlete at a given school gets a “full ride”, or even half. This leads us to the main problem.

I am very active I love to do sports , it could be any sports. I played basketball before &, I also played volleyball. I always try out for allot things. I really love being involved in things because I want allot of things under my name. Basketball is a very easy sport. I learn how to play it in one day. I really love playing

When I joined the swim team, I was the newest person my age to the team. I’d always loved swimming, but before that year, I’d never even thought to join a competitive team. As a result, I was at a steep disadvantage when it came to skill and experience. I was constantly beaten by just about everybody—including the eight-year-olds. I quickly learned that there are few things as frustrating as being beaten by someone half your age. Not even tailgaters or slow wifi can top that. More because I was tired of coming in last than any real confidence in my swimming

She is running like the wind, a bead of sweat dripping from her face. Just a little bit longer until she reaches the finish line. Just a little bit. And she is there, the stand is erupting, shouting in glee. A new world record had just been set! This track and field star is none other than the Olympic gold medalist, Jackie Joyner-Kersee. A few years before, Babe Didrikson Zaharias sped past the same line of triumph. Both ladies are known for their talent in multiple sports. These ladies are thought to be two of the best athletes of all time, and are an inspiration for all young athletes.

Instead of feeling pressure to conform as a student at the University of Georgia, I have found that being in college has made me value the importance of a higher education more so than I ever had before. During high school, my primary goal was to play well enough to receive a football scholarship. At that time, my focus was not on academics. However, since I've arrived at the University of Georgia, my entire concept of the value of a college degree has slowly changed. Rather than seeing just football in my future, I can now picture myself as a football player with a college degree. Consequently, instead of having a negative impact on my personal growth, college has helped me broaden as a person.

Being in an American school begins a student’s search to find who they are considered in the system. From a nerd to a punk, many academic ties are also involved with this identity. The one group of students who get the most academic ties with his or her extra-curricular activity is the “jock”. As having the title as a jock, a child learns that many people look at someone who plays football or basketball doesn’t have the ability to learn as fast or as well as someone who just studies and doesn’t have extra-curricular activities. Studying this topic is not as stressed as it should be, even when many programs claim to get more physical activity in students. The articles that have been reviewed were testing whether the athlete gets good grades

What would you be willing to do to become a professional athlete? This is a question that takes more than just one quick thought, because not only will becoming a successful athlete brings you millions of dollars, but you will achieve fame, fortune, and worldwide recognition. So perhaps the question should be what wouldn't you be willing to do to be a professional athlete? Would you cheat? Performance enhancing drugs has become such a controversial issue in today's professional sports world and especially in the last few Olympics.

While high school student-athletes invest a lot of time and energy into their sport, the collegiate lifestyle brings a new level of difficulty that many incoming freshmen can find intimidating and overwhelming at first. In addition to being under more pressure to perform on a larger, more competitive stage in front of a more expansive audience, they must also deal with the every day challenges that normal college freshmen face: homesickness, transitioning into a more demanding academic workload, and creating a new social network. College athletes have to have their routines extremely time focused, and make time management essential to their daily lives.