Drew Ellis '19 Recruiting Profile

I began rowing when I was 12 years old. It started as something my dad signed me up for, that originally I wasn't to excited about. I remember wishing i didn't have to go, hating the erg as much as being on the water. But one day something clicked. I decided I wanted to be the best, to improve myself mentally and physically every day and always strive to be the best I can be. To stay focused push for my goals and never let anyone or thing hold me back regardless of how disheartening it may be. My boathouse became my home and rowing my world.In the fall of 2017 I lost that home. My old coach quit and destroyed everything my team and I had worked to build and our relationships. I lost my boat mates and my brothers. The people I pushed for and with everyday all quit because of the emotion impact the situation had on them and their fear of the position of uncertainty we had all been left in. I felt the same, I didn't know what to do. But I new I couldn't and wouldn't let anything keep me from my goals. It sounds cliché but I want to be a world class rower and go to the world champs and the olympics, I want it more than anything in this world. That's why I couldn't stop rowing then and why I keep going now, regardless of not having a coach or a team. Everyday I train in the single, the erg, and weight room doing everything I can to drive myself forward towards my goals and my future. I look forward to the day when I can once again look around me and see my friends, my brothers, and my teammates suffering around me pushing for one another as I push for them. But regardless of what may come in my future I will never stop working to improve, striving to be better and pushing myself as far as I can go every single day.