Local student-athletes make the best of freshman year at college (by Ken Grosse)

Post date: Jun 21, 2019 12:40:53 AM

Former Torrey Pines golfer James Song made the starting lineup in his first year at Cal. (Marcus Edwards, KLC Fotos)

For any student, freshman year of college is a time that combines a likely move away from the comfort and familiarity of home with the excitement and anxiety of relative autonomy for the first time.

When the student also happens to be a student-athlete, a significant additional factor gets thrown into the mix, complicating but potentially enriching the new reality.

Each year dozens of local student-athletes begin their collegiate careers, adjusting to a new lifestyle not just socially and academically, but competitively. One year into the journey, this is an update on a trio of 2018 high school graduates—three student-athletes, from three different high schools, attending three different universities and playing three different sports—sharing three different experiences. (more)