Thursday, May 5, 2011

Kyle- Project through Thursday May 5th

It's hard to follow talking about Taylor's project with talking about mine, as, in comparison, my project's relative importance is very small. Nonetheless, I decided to do something related to football, as I knew I would enjoy it. I am working with Case Western's assistant football coach.
On Monday, I got a tour of Case's campus with a focus on the areas essential for the life of a football player. The campus is actually much nicer and bigger than I expected. Coach Slesh decided to do this because he said that, often, a prospective student athlete will come for a visit on a random day. Many times, most of the coaches are too busy to give the tour. This is where I may come in to play in the future. I may give a prospective recruit a tour of the campus, making sure to make mention of all the things Coach Slesh showed me in his tour for me. I also met the rest of the coaching staff and a few of the players.
On Tuesday, I attended a funeral in the middle of the day so I didn't go down to Case. On Wednesday, I had my BC Calc exam.
Today, thursday, Case had a full staff meeting on their admissions issues this year. Therefore, I was left with a pile of pamphlets that the coaches had received the previous night at a recruiting camp. Basically, I found all the players that were candidates to play at Case (good athletes with high GPAs and good test scores). I then entered their data into Case's recruiting computer program. It was interesting to see many kids I have met throughout my years playing football on the lists of potential recruits. Overall, I have thoroughly enjoyed what I have done so far and look forward to the rest of my project.

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