by Kyle | May 23, 2017 | Student-Athletes
Chances are if you are an athlete at any level, you have role models who helped shape you and inspired you to become the athlete that you are today. As a competitive long distance runner, there were many role models who inspired me during my athletic and academic...
by Kyle | May 16, 2017 | Careers, Student Life, Student-Athletes
After speaking with a co-worker about my blog series – Athletically Inspired Educational Journey – we got on the topic of what I studied at school, and why I decided to study it; something I had not yet touched on in my previous blog posts. As a child, I...
by Kyle | May 9, 2017 | Student Tips, Student-Athletes
One of the greatest feelings I had was achieving a goal I had once thought was unattainable. Looking back to grade 9 at Grand River Collegiate Institute in Kitchener, I was a sporty, wide-eyed, shy kid who dreamed of one day winning an OFSAA medal. Back then, OFSAA...
by Kyle | May 2, 2017 | Health and Wellness, NCAA, Student-Athletes
Living a balanced lifestyle for a student-athlete is difficult to achieve. But to be consistently successful at your sport, living a balanced lifestyle is essential. There are many daily demands and pressures on student-athletes, which may negatively affect their...
by Kyle | Apr 25, 2017 | NCAA, Student-Athletes
As a cross-country /track and field scholarship athlete in the NCAA, you are competing at a high level almost every weekend. Student-athletes must be highly organized and focused individuals in order to maintain a high level of competition worthy of maintaining their...
by Kyle | Apr 18, 2017 | Careers, NCAA, Student-Athletes
For many student-athletes in the NCAA our sport identifies who we are. Growing up as a child and continuing on through higher education, sport (track and field specifically) was all I knew. My sport was what people associated me with. Back home, I was known as “Runner...
