Fall Student-Athlete Spotlight
Live Oak recently recognized three student-athletes with the Fall Student-Athlete Spotlight. Eighth graders Gibson Eberhart and Mikaela Ho, who participated on the Live Oak cross country team this year, and Olivia Ardila, who participated on the Live Oak volleyball team, were recognized for their hard work and leadership skills in the classroom and in athletics. Read below for interviews with each student-athlete.
Gibson was interviewed and asked about his thoughts on academics and athletics. Here were his responses:
P: ¿En qué se parecen los estudios y el deporte?
A: I think that if you don’t care about the thing you’re learning about and the sport that you’re playing, then you can’t do your best in that sport or academic.
P: ¿Te encuentras trabajando con la misma intensidad en lo deportivo y en lo académico? Si no es así, ¿en cuál de las dos se esfuerza más?
A: I try my best in either, but I find that I spend more time on academics.
P: ¿Cuál es su deporte favorito?
A: My favorite sport is skiing because I’ve been doing it for a long time and I love nature.
P: ¿Cuál es su asignatura favorita?
A: My favorite subject right now is probably math because I feel like the things I’m learning are very interesting.
P: ¿Tienes un modelo académico o deportivo a seguir? Si es así, ¿quién es y por qué?
A: An athletic role model of mine would be my dad because he always works hard to keep his body in shape even when he has a lot of work.
Mikaela was also interviewed on some of these same topics and here were her responses:
P: ¿En qué se parecen los estudios y el deporte?
A: Something I find similar between academics and athletics is that you have to commit and put your time and effort into both of them to get the result you want. You will never get farther than how hard you try. It’s a lot of work but can also be very rewarding when you do well and know that the effort you put into it has paid off.
P: ¿Qué es lo que ha aprendido de los deportes o de los estudios y ha podido aplicar al otro campo?
A: Something I learned from running is persistence. Cross country taught me persistence since I usually prefer sprints, but a mile and a half to two and half miles is actually a lot longer than 200 meters. It’s very hard to be persistent in cross country, because it can sometimes feel like the race will never end, or like you’ve been running for a really long time. In academics, this has helped me to do better recycles of my math quizzes and not give up on challenging problems, as well as better edit my writing for humanities projects.
P: ¿Cuál es su deporte favorito?
A: My favorite sports are track and field and cross country.
P: ¿Cuál es su asignatura favorita?
A: My favorite subject is math.
P: ¿Tienes un modelo académico o deportivo a seguir? Si es así, ¿quién es y por qué?
A: I don’t have a specific academic or athletic role model, but some people I look up to are my teachers, coaches, family, and friends. They help me to always try and improve myself, and never give up.
Olivia was also interviewed on some of these same topics and here were her responses:
P: ¿En qué se parecen los estudios y el deporte?
A: The similarity is teamwork. In athletics, you have a team, and you lean on them for support, like you lean on your peers in academics. You might not realize how much you need the people around you regarding school.
P: ¿Qué es lo que ha aprendido de los deportes o de los estudios y ha podido aplicar al otro campo?
A: I’ve learned from athletics not to be afraid because you might just miss out on something life-changing.
P: ¿Te encuentras trabajando con la misma intensidad en lo deportivo y en lo académico? Si no es así, ¿en cuál de las dos se esfuerza más?
A: I feel that I try my best in both, however some days I might try harder in academics because of a test, and then the next day try harder in athletics because of practice or a game.
P: ¿Cuál es su deporte favorito?
A: My favorite sport is volleyball.
P: ¿Cuál es su asignatura favorita?
A: My favorite subject in school is math.
P: ¿Tienes un modelo académico o deportivo a seguir? Si es así, ¿quién es y por qué?
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