I Am The Site Director At College Track Oakland

Division 1 student-athletes have a very busy schedule. To be a Division 1 student-athlete you must have great time management skills, determination, and be focused. For them to be successful in the classroom and in their sport, they have a very tough decision. They must pick two of the three: social life, academics, or athletics. They must also realize that they need to make the decision before they make a mistake for instance, becoming ineligible. Student-athletes have many options for help, just as a average college student does. Student-athletes need to have more readily available resources but also use their time wisely through counseling as freshman.

Peyton Scott is a junior Husky who has been on CHHS Varsity Track Team for two years. She loves track because her parents inspired her to pursue it, and her dad is actually the varsity coach. Her goal is to continue being on varsity for her senior year and run for her dream college, which is anywhere in Southern California. If she's not at track practice, her favorite place to run is in her lovely neighborhood. Running on the track for her two hours practices really help her find her weaknesses and strengths. One of her favorite routines is running two miles a day. Peyton has learned to pursue her goals and always believe in

For these students, their academic pursuit is warded off by negatives such as being underprepared for college and not ready for the rigor of college academics (Reynolds, Lacey, Dawlah Fisher, and Kenyatta Cavil). A large portion of young black children are not going to be prepared for college life because of the athletic environment that they are placed in at a young age. College is commercialized in every aspect of the experience. Thus, for millions of black youth who aspire to becoming a professional athlete as a major goal, education matters only to the extent that maintaining eligibility to participate in sports in elementary and secondary schools through college is necessary in order to fulfill externally imposed requirements (Marvin, Dawkins). Today’s generation of a good grade is a 70 or higher. A child can carry that type of mind-set throughout their entire school experience until college approaches. The school systems are settling for mediocre and colleges are expecting exceptional. School, media, and surroundings of the young generation create this visual of these hopeful children getting into a college through athletics and mediocre academics.

In the life of the day of Tila Henderson is unplanned and sometimes even unorganized. “I have to get up and check my school schedule and my athletic training schedule. Anything new can come up and throw you off course. ” said Tila Henderson. Her current major is athletic training and she is pursuing her major at Nicholls State University. “I never been to a school where athletic training is token to high extremes. Being able to be a part of this team and organization is just a blessing,” quoted Tila. Henderson mentioned it wasn’t easy getting to where she is now, but it was worth it.

I would consider myself to have been a very committed athlete in high school because I worked my behind off training for every season. Leaving my blood, sweat and tears on the track, not walking off of it until I felt I had accomplished what I set out to do. We don’t just run, we work. We work on speed, endurance, strength and technique. We work on teaching ourselves how running is mostly about mindset rather than a physical thing. We do this exercise where you run a 400 meters telling yourself you’re a brick, sounds kind of dumb, I know. But after you run another 400 meter telling yourself you are feather, telling yourself you’re like Mayweather “float like a butterfly, sting like a bee.” Without even realizing it, even after running the first 400 and being dead tired, we realize our times for the second lap were faster than the first! You have to tell your body what to do and be mentally in control so when you’re on your final 200 meters you can push yourself to limits you didn’t know you had. You will find very few track athletes who actually enjoy running themselves to death on a daily basis, but we do it because when you cross the finish and look up and see you name on the score board in a top place, you will want to relive the moment over and over again because it is absolutely priceless. Then when I received the letter telling me I had been offered a scholarship to run and jump at a D1 school, all the hard work I had been putting into this sport over the past four years felt completely worth

From the outside looking in, collegiate athletes live a life of luxury. They have the opportunity to perform the sport they love in front of massive crowds, and some are provided an opportunity for free schooling. Although this is undoubtedly true, outsiders are not capable of comprehending the true hardships associated with college athletics. Although they are granted acceptance and often a scholarship to their school of choice, they are not truly granted the opportunity to utilize their school’s academic resources to their fullest potential due to the immense amount of time that they are expected and required to devote to their sport. These activities include film review and playbook studies, team meals, traveling to and from games or

In today’s culture, college athletics are put on a higher pedestal than the actual focus of college, which is the education. This causes the college athletes to put a greater emphasis on athletic over academic performance. Both in Red Smith’s “The Student Athlete” and in Tim Ajmani’s “Compensation for College Athletes?” it is discussed how the athlete’s educations are not only given up on by the ones providing it for them, but the athletes are taught to do the same to themselves.

Lastly, Neil discusses athlete’s eligibility, attendance, and treatment. He explains how often athletes miss classes they are paying for and sometimes the classes are not correct for their major. However, the athletes were placed in them so they were still eligible

Shannon Williams is an African-American male, who attends DePaul University. He’s currently a junior majoring in Communication and Media in order to pursue his dreams of working with a professional sports organization. Over the years, Mr. Williams has encountered a lot of adversity. Getting dismissed from NIU back in 2012, he fell victim to the statistic of being a college dropout. He didn’t know what his next move would be as he sat at home from the couch with no source of income, friends nor vision. Within 6 months, he started to realize that he messed up a big opportunity and took college for granted. Mr. Williams got another opportunity to enroll back in school at Wilbur Wright College, in the fall of 2012. This time around, he wrote down

Dedication to the work that they do is displayed in the early hours that they get up to work to the late hours that they practice running. The dedication and perseverance through the struggle that they endure every day keeps them striving for the American dream. Thomas Valez, one of the best runners of the team, shows his dedication to his family and his running by the way that he protects his father so that they can keep on working. He keeps showing up to the practices, even after he has found that Mr. White did not plan on continuing with the team. The principal of McFarland High School shows that, even though he has to deal with the crime and struggle of his students, he still continues on to make progress in improving his students.

No one should fault the school alone because the pressure that some of these student-athletes undergo is enormous, and they find it hard to keep up with schoolwork. All universities have minimum academic requirements that they should adhere to when selecting freshmen students. Gurney (43) posits the N.C.A.A. has specified the minimum academic requirements for universities selecting first-year student-athletes. Some of these requirements are followed, but since the high school test scores are low, the students find it difficult to cope with college academics (Gurney 42).

Nevertheless, student-athletes struggle to make ends meet as they devote an immense amount time to their schoolwork as well as their sport. So many sacrifices are made from these students in which they should to have to make; furthermore, the stress level that these athletes can obtain is outrageous, as their day-to-day regimen is always busy. While these athletes are so dedicated and reliable to their college and athletics, colleges should be equally reliable and dedicated to them in order for the students to feel safe and comfortable. In order to do so, they should provide further compensation and benefits other than just their scholarship; providing back up compensation would reduce the stress of the students as the fear of losing their

The areas that were the strongest for me on the College Student Inventory was, Math and Science, Attitude Towards Educators, Family Emotional Support, Sense of Financial Security and Academic Assistance. Now the math and science goes along with the attitude toward educators. Both of these were high because my mom was my math teacher and I respected all my teachers. I saw firsthand all the crap they got and stuff students tried on them. I just did what I was told and got along great with my teachers. If they respected me, I respected them back, I believe respect is just like a two way street. Family Support and Financial Security also go together for me. My parents taught me to be tight and careful with my money. Always plan for if something happens you will be fine and can take it and not affect you to bad. Also the biggest thing is not to stretch myself out with loans and have showed me to save up and pay cash and how much you will pay in interest. Lastly is the Academic assistance,

Despite the many stereotypes that are connected with being a student athlete, student athletes in general are held to much higher standards by their institutions. Before a prospective student athlete even enters college, they are made fully aware of the academic standings and requirements of the college they choose. Although the academic requirements vary from college to college, the standards are still held high for all student athletes. The transition into college can be exceptionally difficult especially for the

Throughout my ninth year at Rundle I have learned the importance of truly striving for my fullest potential. At the beginning of the year I didn’t hold LA in high regard and I believed that I would easily breeze through this class with little to no resistance. Almost immediately I was proven wrong due to the immense workload and intricate essays attributed to this class.