Thomas Reid, III '16 Recruiting Profile

Sport has always been a massive part of my life ever since I started playing street football at the age of seven. Football is my main interest, besides the fact I enjoy other sports such as Track and Field, basketball, volleyball and many more. I have had experience in these sports having participated in many during physical education at school, a subject which has played a big part in my school career. The things I enjoy about sport are that it needs a lot of dedication and hard work to be successful, as well as sport being very demanding and challenging. As a result in my interest in sport I want to study the subject further in education. I have played sport ever since I was young and still play it now, and still feel so emphatic in wanting to become great in my sport of choice football. I am very eager to play at the next level and become the next Heisman candidate and winner.

Communication a very important skill in which nothing runs smoothly without good communication. Also listening to others around you and taking their advice is another key factor in achieving my goals. Working part time at the 50th State Fair, has also really helped me learn about good people skills needed while working with other people. Both working by myself and more importantly in a team are very important to making sure things don't go wrong. When playing with a team I learned that things go well only when there is good communication between myself and the team, as well as positive motivation. During my time in high school and also in my part time job, I have certain deadline's to meet and for the work to be done completely for that deadline. Problem solving is one thing I need to challenge at my work and also at my football. As there are many quick decisions needing to be made in order to outsmart my opponent; as for my work a different kind of problem solving is needed, as I need to be able to make correct decisions in the work place.

While being at school in the last year, I had many responsibilities. I was nominated and selected to be a team captain for the Varsity Track Team as a sophomore. Being a captain was a great privilege as I had to be very responsible as lead by example to the other grade levels. Many things which I had to do was help out at sporting events. Organizing the sporting events was so much fun and I was able to get an idea of what it was like to organize something which I was interested in. To be successful in being a good captain, was to be motivational and also not using criticism towards my team mates instead I used encouragement. My main task in being captain was to make sure my team had a solid base and everybody knew what they were doing for the game. Also I had to make sure the coach game plan actually got through to the players. Attending the Under Armour Pacific Island Athletic Alliance Combine was a really enjoyable and very challenging too. It came with many different circumstances such as helping out a lot of people and also looking at the good things in life. The combine was such fun too, as me being a group leader throughout my last year, I had to make sure I was in great shape both on appearance and in a physical context. As others would see me as an example to follow and I wanted it to be a good one

My hobbies and interests range from lots of different and challenging activities. I play football for Radford High School at the varsity level, where I play as a wide receiver which I enjoy immensely. I like socializing with many different kinds of friends. The cinema is a place where I go as often I can, as I am a huge movie fan, I like both action and other sorts and types of films. The thing I would say I do the most is listening to music; I like mainly hip-hop and rap music however my cd collect ranges from a wide selection of music.