-: Well, I grew up an athlete
I wasn't athletic enough to quite
do it at this level so I get to stay around athletics.
It's a healthy patient population.
I've got to work with some phenomenal student athletes.
When I say phenomenal I don't just mean from an athletic
standpoint but just their personality and their character
and then I've been surrounded by some phenomenal coaches
I mean, I got to hang out with Coach Beamer for 18 years
and he always treated me great and Coach Weaver who was
our athletic director and a whole host
of other coaches that helped mold me
and continue to help me in my growth today.
So that's probably the best thing.
And seeing the other side of a college athlete,
they're still a kid and getting
to see them grow is pretty special.
I would say the biggest challenge in my profession
is you're always caught between something.
And a lot of times you're giving bad news,
you're giving bad news to a kid,
you're giving bad news to a player,
a parent or a coach and sometimes you feel
like you're caught in between those things.
Luckily, I've worked for some really good coaches that
never ever pressured us one bit to
put somebody out there earlier so that's been refreshing
but that's the toughest challenge, a lot of times
we're involved with a student at their lowest point.
But the flip side to that is we get to help them get better
and get back out there, which is very rewarding.