Anthony Clark '15 Recruiting Profile

I have been a major project my entire life. Not the kind of project that teachers and coaches feel exasperated by because their student is so hard to handle. Not the kind of project that everyone else is trying to change due to imperfections, but the type of project that is only seen by me. I view myself as a project, as someone who can always improve in every aspect of his life. I am always trying to improve myself: I am always striving to improve my grades, I am constantly working to improve my community by volunteering, as well as working with kids in wildlife to improve both their lives and their faith, I spend time every day improving my own faith, and I work tirelessly trying to enhance my athletic performance in all of the sports that I play. I believe that this work ethic that I possess is what will get me to the level I am constantly striving to get to, and it is what will make me successful in high school, in college, and ultimately in life. For instance, I just started playing the great game of golf the summer after my sixth grade year (four years ago) and have gone from shooting mid 120s on a good day to shooting mid 70s on a bad day. That much improvement came from countless range balls, hundreds of hours spent on my short game, and even purchasing courses on the mental side of golf (one of which is David Cook's audio book, as well as wholemindgolf). I have also put in work at my house, too. I live a little ways away from the local course, and before I had my driver's license I couldn't get down there as much as I would have liked, so with the help of my dad I built a driving range right out of my back yard. My house is located where there is only blm forest behind it, so I can hit all of the golf balls I want. I have a collection of around eight hundred golf balls, and on any given day I would hit five to six hundred of them off of a hitting mat perched on our back deck, just to go pick them back up later that day to hit them again. This past winter I also acquired a hitting mat and a net, which I set up at my dad's warehouse (because in the Colorado Rockies it's impossible to golf outdoors in the winter), and anywhere from two to five days a week I would go to the warehouse and hit golf balls. In order to improve my swing, I would set up a video camera to film my swing, and then analyze the film when I got home from practicing. Now this hitting bay and improvised driving range were not created so that I could play college golf, they weren't used so that I would hopefully one day get a scholarship, but because I love the game. Even if I knew that there was no chance of getting to play golf at any competitive level, I would have still put every single minute of practice into it that I have as it is. I just love to improve, and I love to challenge myself to get better.  Golf is my favorite activity in the world, and I believe that the combination of my drive to get better, my love of the game, and my willingness to be coached in order to improve is what will make me a successful golfer, and a successful person, in this life.