Jacob Sadoway '17 Recruiting Profile

I am a very hard worker when I set my mind to a goal, and push myself beyond what most others push on themselves.  I am a very well rounded kid, where I am trying to set myself up for a successful life by taking many different areas of class in school.  I have taken a few college level courses through a dual state program, doing very well in them.  Also, taking an AP class online, I am learning very necessary traits on time management, and work ethic skills.  I started swimming last year as a sophomore, mostly as a sport to condition my knees and back to strengthen them.  This is where I then fell in love with the sport.  The overall feel for the sport including the atmosphere and competitiveness.  I began swimming for the first time ever, doing very well my first few meets, where I was then pulled up to varsity level events.  Intimidated, I pushed my self harder improving my times.  This year, my second year swimming, I started off where I left off last season but pushing myself decreased my times little by little, including large 4 second drops between meets in the 100 breast.  I believe with hard training, and more people to help push me, that I can improve my times largely, and be a great fit for your teams.  I think that I am different from most other recruits because of my ability to adapt to situations, and the fact I have only been swimming for 2 years, and having, okay times, I have a lot of room to grow.

I am a very active student outside of school also including many extracurricular activities and jobs. I am involved in my schools environmental club, where we have attended conferences at the Boston aquarium, learning more things about the environment.  Also I am apart of Interact club, where we have gone to New York to go to conferences and visit the twin towers memorials.  In addition, I joined Model United Nations, where we recently just went to a conference at Boston College, where I represented the United States in an Interpol committee.  I have worked at a local farm with my friend, where his family owns it.  I also recently received a job at a catering company to learn more people skills and interactions.  I am an overall balanced student, also doing community service hours for my old elementary school.

For my career, I have always been leaning towards becoming an engineer, and started taking classes geared towards that in my freshman year.  Not up until recently I have thought about jobs in political fields, stemming from the MUN club and conference I have taken part in.