Welcome To Life Of A College Athlete


What's up everyone, welcome to Life of a College Athlete! I am a college athlete from Broward County Florida who’s come to give you an inside on what us athletes must go through to be who we are today. As you can see from the image above, I am currently an athlete that attends UNCP. Being an athlete has always been attached to me since I started playing the game of football at the age of four. I would say being an athlete is hard in general just without the school part being added in, but don’t get me wrong there are a lot of positives than negatives of being an elite college athlete. Imagine this must have to wake up five in the morning for two weeks straight everyday just to eat, run, lift weights, and attend meetings then must get ready to attack the day with full of energy because now you have classes to attend and would have practice later on that day, but not allowed to fall asleep in class unless you will get punished by the coach. Doesn’t that sound hard and stressful? Yes, I know it does, but you know what about it, it keeps me going because some day all that all work and dedication will pay off just because I push myself through the hard times so when it’s game time the game wouldn’t be as hard as you would expect because you put all the hard work in already during the time it was needed to be done at practice and in the class room. So my advice to other student athletes or people who are scared to become an student athlete I am here to motivate you to go out and be great do not let nothing hold you back from being who you want to be, yes every day is not going to be good as an college athlete trust me I know but what keep me going is my “why”, why I get up every day and go through all this, it's because I have a “why” to what I want to accomplish in life so get up don’t be scared and always be ready to face challenges everyday as an college athlete. If anyone need some more insight on what college athletes must do on the daily basis gone head and drop questions in the comments or be free to email me, I would be grateful to share my advice to you all – Simeal Burke Jr  



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  1. Austin MaplesMarch 26, 2023 at 2:03 PM

    Hello Simeal, I wouldn't be able to make it through one day in the life of a college athlete. I can't make myself get up that early and struggle to make my classes on time sometimes. I look forward to learning about your "why" and what you can hold to and look to whenever you face a great challenge.

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  2. Devin McCulloughMarch 26, 2023 at 8:32 PM

    Life of a college athlete isn't for the weak, I definitely will be interested in seeing a perspective of your going forward. If it was easy everybody would be doing it.

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  3. Read About RescueMarch 28, 2023 at 5:40 PM

    Hey Simeal! I completely understand how hard it is to have an early morning with conditioning or practice and then not be able to fall asleep in class. For softball we used to wake up at 5 am as well to run anywhere from one to five miles. We would also have class and practice after it as well. Being a college athlete is not for the weak, but it's so rewarding!

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  4. AnonymousApril 2, 2023 at 7:55 PM

    I can barely hold heavy things with my left arm so the fact that your training schedule is starting of waking up earlier than 7 am, is impressive to me.

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  5. Nygell V TVApril 9, 2023 at 4:39 PM

    What's up Simeal, as I said in the previous post I'm a college athlete myself and I find it surprising that our schedules are different but very similar at the same time.

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