Surviving School

Matt Wilder, your lacrosse student-athlete with my last blog of the year. Looking back on my time as a freshman, I can honestly say it was nothing like how I thought it would be. It felt like my first year at college went by in a blink of an eye. Admittedly, I didn’t feel that way at first. I had a crazy start to college and not necessarily in a fun or good way. If you recall, I had suffered a seizure and sprained my wrist during the 2 nd week of school. Because of my anger, I alienated teammates and even coaches. I was not into school and felt I had no one here to talk to or relate to me. Not wanting to give up, I worked to turn that all around. I ended my 1 st semester with a 3.6 GPA , I rebuilt my relationships with teammates and coaches and through that struggle I realized if I put in the work, I could do anything. The 2 nd semester started  so quickly that I barely remembered the 1 st semester ending. Thankfully, I got off on a better foot. I could focus on developing my relat...

 My name is Matt Wilder. I am a student and a lacrosse player at Ohio Northern University. This is a blog about my experience as a student-athlete. I thought my first semester was tough but with just one week in and coming into season, I think I might have been wrong. Because of our practice schedule, I had to be back at school the weekend before MLK day. That was rough because I was really enjoying the break. I was excited to get on the field and get going, but I knew we had three practices that first day, all separated by just a few hours. Trust me, multiple practices in a single day take a toll on your body. With school starting the next day, I was already worn out. Plus, I wasn’t prepared to jump right back into school and didn’t even know the times of my classes. With that triple practice complete I thought that the hardest part of the week was done. Sadly, it would get harder. I was late for my first class and because I was still on my break sleep schedule, I spent the rest o...