What To Do As A Student Athlete???

Well first and foremost, handle your business before your college career end. The #1 most important thing is to take control of your education. 

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Don't blame others for not coming out of college successful or satisfied with your degree. Understand what your college have to offer. Realize you have to work just as hard in the classroom as you would on the field. The degree you choose for college will not be easy the receive. You will have to earn your title just as you would on the field.

Don't allow yourself to fall in the group of athletes that get setup for failure. Remember most of these programs don't care for your grades if you're on a full scholarship. Just as long as you get by, they have done their part.

Now remember the setup for failure I brushed on? This is the slow uppercut you get hit with by your advisers. This act is a process of perhaps miscommunication and auto-scheduling. This consist of being told "we have set your schedule up already," not including you in the process. This is a saying to make you get comfortable with having easy "A" classes. Truth is, questioned it question in the degree you are pursuing and they'll have no other choice back to give you classes you need.

Also,enrolling you in so-called easier courses to bump GPA. Take all the classes you need first then end your senior year with these easy classes or as needed. These courses are usually athletic courses or a course that sound like it has nothing to do with your major.

I once had a coach tell me "Use the school, don't let the school use you." In other words, squeeze as much as you can out of your scholarship that you can get without feeling ripped off. Eat all the meat off the bone. Don't throw after your change from a dollar. Make the day you graduate feel like it did when you were choosing a college, but with jobs lined up.

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You have to be hungry and set out a realistic goal that is achievable. Other than your sport advisers, go talk to an adviser in the department you want to receive your major. Plan out a real list of objectives to follow. This will save you a headache and sense of hopefully upon finishing your school.

Be real to yourself. Stop relying on the pros to get you anywhere. If you go pro, an education will help you manage and make smarter decisions. You are worth nothing if you base college off making it pro.

Lastly, do what you came to college to do. Play ball!!! Enjoy college life responsibly. You only life it once and can enjoying it for the rest of your life. Your enjoyment will come from leaving college debt free, meet lifetime friends that bled with you and had your back the entire way through, and an achievement that is so prestige no one can deny your hard working and leadership abilities.