Mario Ivan Alvarado Personal Statement As many people, I've gone though tons of experiences that built the person I am today. I feel the things that really impacted my life is sports. Football for example, I use to never do my homework or study or get involved in any school type functions. But thanks to sports I've really turned myself around. During freshman year I never kept track of anything, except for friends.
I was kind of scared because I was so small, but I had played through the recreation department. I told myself why should I be scared. I told them I would go out and try it. On the first day out there the coaches put me at wide receiver. That day we learned some routes and we ran through some of the routes and before I knew it practice was over.
Playing football in Pop Warner and in middle school were jus stepping-stones to what I wanted to accomplish in high school. Freshman year we finished 10-0 and I was sure that my sophomore year was going to be “my year.” The next season came around the corner and I was not on the field rather I was on the sidelines. A lot of people told me “ Don’t worry Blake your time will come.” I could have looked at things differently but the one thing I hate more than anything is watching someone else play quarterback. The season went on and I would clean up the blowout games and things most backups did. After the season I decided I had had enough.
My birthday was Saturday August 8, which was also my first football scrimmage against Cordova High School. The scrimmage had been for three teams, Rosemont, Cordova and Capital, and my teammates and I were the underdogs of the whole thing. When we got to Cordova it seemed as though it was going to be a routine scrimmage, get on the field and kick some butt, but fate had other plans. Our team started off slow in warm ups, taking wrong moves and such, but we started to pull it together after about thirty minutes. When we entered the stadium to play we were a little early so we got some water and started getting each other excited to play.
They are expected to win games first and then study later. This current system is setting the athletes up for failure. A very small percentage of college athletes will make it professionally. In fact, Worsnop’s writes in College Sports, “The facts are 4.5 million young men play high school football, 39,000 will play college ball, 1,500 will make the professional recruitment list, 500 will be drafted, but less than 100 will make it professionally” (Par. 37).
Is the story of the Titans unusual for what occurred in the South during the time of the Civil Rights Movement from 1954 on? Suggested Response: Yes and no. Yes, in that it was so dramatic. Yes, because in a crucial year, this football team was led by two phenomenal coaches and two amazing players. Yes, in that during a year marked by racial violence throughout the nation, an entire town took its cue from the football team and remained calm.
You would think being the best football player in the school, I would get more respect from my peers but nope everyone calls me the dork who has a 4.0 and plays football. I’m still wondering why it’s bad to be smart now days. Every since I moved here I was teased from day one. There is only 20 days until graduation and I’m so excited to be leaving this dumb. “ AH Kevin, what you thinking about”, asked my best friend Shawn.
The other team is a joke and my Bro only faces 3 shots. The game ends 5 to 0 with a win and a big trophy that I never had the chance to touch. My brother wins the most outstanding player award by only letting in 1 goal the entire tournament. The tradition of sickness happened my brother was sick for
I went back to school that next Monday. It was hard to get around and I was in constant pain but I was able to walk with out crutches after a week. Three months went by and I was doing great. Rehab was hard but worth it and I did not have much swelling in my knee. Then one day my dad came up to me and asked, “Are you going to play football next season?” To appease him I made a pact saying I would play.
Representing my school by playing for the varsity football team was surreal to me. Out of the fifty freshman playing football, I was the only one to suit up and play for varsity that season. Winning that game would have meant going to the playoffs and most importantly, it wouldn’t have been the last football game for the seniors. That game also had a personal significance for me; it would be the first time I would be playing underneath the lights of Eagle Stadium for everyone to