My Athletes Wanted Story – Alex Horton
It is difficult for me to imagine my life without sports in it. Had it not been for sports, I might never have settled so easily into life in the United States. When I was younger I played a variety of sports including swimming, soccer, rugby, karate, athletics and tennis. Playing these sports taught me many life skills including how to communicate with players in my team. It also gave me determination and self-control and assisted greatly with me settling into High School and college life. Before arriving in Chicago I never had any idea what opportunities sports could provide and how seriously it is taken at the collegiate sports level. The idea that by playing my sport it could help me not only financially to go to school but also to continue living out my dream of taking sport to the next level was one that I was completely unaware of. Playing sports has given me opportunities that I never thought I would ever be able to have and has helped me travel not only around America at college level playing other universities but also around Europe when I lived in the UK. More importantly sports helped me find a good academic school and taught me the tools to be a hard worker and ultimately graduate with a degree. Sport has played a large part in molding me into the man that I am today and continues to play an important part of my life.
A book like ‘Athletes Wanted’ is essential to anyone considering taking their sport to the next level. As someone who moved to America at 16 and knew nothing about collegiate sports, I was lucky to trip and fall into a good program. Had there been a book like this available I could have been a consummate pro on the college recruiting process inside of one simple read! A must for every sports player!
