Just about everyone knows that Cabrini is a small school with big-time athletic programs. Cabrini’s athletic success over the years has been highlighted by the success of the men and women’s lacrosse teams and the men’s basketball trip to the Final Four run in 2012.
The Blue and White have always had a great tradition of winning in all of their respective athletic programs.
For student-athletes there is more to just stepping out onto the playing fields. Not only do student athletes here at Cabrini have a commitment to their teams but they also commit to keeping up with their school work and all of the other responsibilities that they may have.
There is no question that participating in athletics at the college-level can be a challenge for students.
Early morning practices and returning late in the evenings from away games are conflicts associated with the job description.
The question now is what makes college students want to represent their school on the athletic fields. Also, what makes students not want to participate sports when they are in college?
A student’s senior year in high school is a time where they tend to narrow down their options for colleges that they might consider attending the following year. Students obviously want to make their college decisions based on what schools satisfy their academic preferences as well as other desires that they might have.
Part of this decision-making process could also include deciding whether or not they want to participate in athletics at the college level.
However, if a student were not very active in sports during their high school years, they would not be making this decision. For those students who were involved in sports through out their high school years making a decision like this could be made based upon a variety of different factors.
One factor for students to consider could be thinking about how involved a student was with sports during the duration of their high school career. Also, perspective college athletes also consider whether or not they could balance the grind of being a college athlete with their academic responsibilities.
Also, because Cabrini is such an athletic powerhouse some students might not be skilled enough in their sport to make a Cabrini team.
“Some people choose not to play sports in college because they are not good enough to make the teams,” Sophomore Josh Malone said.
There ia a large population of non-student athletes at Cabrini. There are a variety of different reasons that may discourage a student from playing a sport at the college-level.
“Some people might chose not to play a sport at Cabrini because they have a lot of homework to do,” freshman, Robert Castellano said.
Additionally, some students would rather focus on achieving excellence in the classroom, “I did not want to play sports in college because I felt like my academics should be my main focus,” freshman Ben Giordano said.
For the student athletes here at Cabrini they make a lot of sacrifices in order to balance school with athletes.
“I choose to participate in athletics at the college level to keep myself busy and to better prepare myself for real-world challenges,” senior men’s lacrosse player, Ethan Heisman said.
Overall, the majority of students- athletes feel as though the reward of being part of a wining tradition at Cabrini is well worth the hard work.
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