Athletic Honors Students

Collegiate student athletes have a ton of stuff on their plates with school, practice, games, study hall, eating, sleeping, and then there is a social life. Ha, social life? Yeah. I am an athlete at Longwood, more specifically a baseball player, and to get real technical, a right-handed pitcher. Oh yeah, I forgot to mention that I am in the Honors Program, so I have a pretty hefty plate, huh?

Yes, there is a lot on my plate, but it is all managable. Some of the prospective student-athletes may shy away from the Honors Program because they think it will be way too hard to do it all, but they should not. I know because I almost shied away. But, now that I am in the program I realize that it is not hard to manage everything. The thing that helps the most is the mandatory study hall that athletes attend. Because I have to be in study hall six hours a week I get my work done. I have to be there so I do my work while I am there so when I get out I have time to spend catching up on stuff or just hanging out with friends.

A final message to all prospective honors program student-athletes:

Please do not shy away from the Honors Program. It is not at all hard to handle the "different work" and sports. If you do not believe the baseball player in the Honors Program ask the two cross country runners, the girl's basketball player, the dancer, the cheerleader, the soccer player, or the field hockey player, all of whom agree with me!

Sincerely,

Snoop Bloggy Blog aka John W.