Wesley Reynolds '17 Recruiting Profile

    Being a student athlete has taught me that it is important to manage your time well. Being surrounded by successful students that still make time for sports has had a great impact on my mentality. It is very important to me to do things right the first time, and to never give up. I started rowing as a freshman at 120 pounds and they almost had me become a coxswain, but I knew that was not what I wanted. So I decided that I would give it all I had and see what I could do; later that year I made the freshman boat and won State Championships. My first year on varsity I was the underdog and had a rough time trying to make the fourth varsity boat for our first race. With determination I began to crawl my way up the ranks, and by the end of the season I had secured a seat in the lwt 4+ in the Youth National Championships in 2015 as well as the Most Improved Athlete Award.  This 2016 season in the lwt 4+ my teammates and I secured a victory at the Southwest Youth Championships, and with that a ticket to the Youth National Championships in New Jersey. We were down the entire race, but in the end we edged out the opposing crew by just over 0.1 seconds. This experience has taught me that I will put in whatever work is necessary to be successful. I would like to continue to pursue my passion for rowing at the collegiate level as well as to help guide others down the path to success.