Welcome to the Big Show

While spending most of my educational career just getting by and not putting out the best effort, I had a good feeling my fresh new start at Drexel was going to end up being more than a full time job in a new unfamiliar area with new unfamiliar people. After my first week as a brand new college student I began to learn many new things. Sure, everyone goes out and parties and everything in Philadelphia is so exciting and fun, but what I started to learn was the huge awakening that I had in the classroom. With only one week of classes under my belt I knew that I had just stepped into the NFL, I mean this was the big show; no more slacking or procrastinating, sleeping or dazing, you had to bring whatever you had and more every day. The thing that I had to keep in mind was that pot of gold at the end of the rainbow as they say; I know that by pushing myself and getting this great education I will hopefully set myself up for the rest of my life.
Along with starting the new college experience of being on my own and starting classes, I was quickly dropped into the world of Division 1 college wrestling. This is what truly opened my eyes. After having surgery over the summer I was not able to come into pre-season in the shape that I would have truly hoped to, but that’s just tough for me I guess because it doesn’t matter. Exactly one week after moving in HELL began. I’m talking about the wrestling pre-season. We immediately started to run distances of two to three miles followed by an hour of miscellaneous sprints and weightlifting. This was another time when I said to myself, welcome to the big show. While competing with 24 year old men and crazy coaches I finally stepped away from my high school mentality and quickly stepped into the role of my new full time job, Drexel University.