Athlete's Journal: Life of a college athlete

As preseason comes to a close and orientation and classes begin, the practice schedule and the rigors that were preseason have ended. Read on to find out more about how an athlete begins a college career in academics, while also trying to balance all the time in the world for the other extremely important things that college life provides.
Athlete Journal Entry #10: Monday, September 2, 2002

After a two-day break from soccer forced by some dumb NCAA rules, Monday was setup for two practices.

The first practice was a session to get back to playing and to sort out formation problems and technical heading. This was not too rigorous, but the end of practice was a quick fitness section composed entirely of sprints.

The afternoon for the freshman was for orientation. This is where the balance of athletics vs. academics comes into play.

Our coach, Dan Wagner, wanted us to go to practice, but the important people involved with orientation would not allow him to pull any strings, so orientation became more important.

As I kind of enjoyed some of the orientation events, many of them are repetitive because I have been on the campus already for two weeks.

Orientation definitely has its place, but as an athlete who knows many of the ropes around campus already, and can always ask an upperclassmen on their team, every event does not seem 100 percent vital to me.

Anyway, there are meetings to continue for orientation, with the evening ending with a pep rally for the freshman to be introduced to the athletic teams.

Classes begin Wednesday, plus we have a game against William Patterson on Wednesday as well. It will be a busy day.

By Colin Griggs
Published: 9/3/2002
 
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