How Football Changed My Life

Going into 9th grade I was just like any other eighth grader and I was still trying to figure out who I wanted to be and what I wanted to do with my life and in school. That summer before ninth grade I thought long and hard whether or not I would play football in ninth grade, I had played the year previously, but I had not really found a sure position that I played and I was unsure whether I was cut out for football or not. The week before summer camp, I decided that I would give it a try and I fell in love with the sport and the coaching staff at State College Area High School, the coaches cared just as much about our school and our character as how well we played football, and they taught me how to act as a young man and to properly represent

I never skipped a practice or event, because I wasn’t “feeling it” and I think this type of commitment shows the type of person I am and how I would fit well into Penn State, as college is a large commitment and the classwork requires many hours of my time. I also believe that my hardworking and time-management skills shown through my athletics can be applied to my success at Penn State. I was never the most athletically gifted or skilled player in either of my sports, but through vigorous work in the season and the offseason I’ve turned into a key starter in both sports and this is something I’m very proud of, I also apply this hardworking attitude in the classroom as I’ve still maintain over a 4.0 GPA to date and this has taken a lot of energy and effort and I believe this is a valuable skill that I can apply to Penn State. The last characteristic I want to talk about is time-management, even with many hours put into my athletics I’ve also found time for school work and my grades reflect that, I believe that this will help me at Penn State, because college is a lot of responsibility and I believe with my stout time-management I can easily handle