zac ray '15 Recruiting Profile

    College will provide me with numerous opportunities to achieve personal goals and aspirations. These goals include obtaining an undergraduate degree in engineering as well as athletic awards and honors in pole vaulting. My teammates often describe me as level headed as well as driven. By level headed, I mean putting pole vault meets into perspective for my teammates as well as myself. For example, when one of my teammates has a frustrating vault day, I try to remind them that pole vault is a sport of progression in which you must learn from your failures, refine your techniques and move forward. I believe that I could contribute my positive attitude towards any situation in pole vault to bring an uplifting feeling to the team. By driven, I mean working to achieve personal as well as team goals. I am willing to focus on constructive criticism from coaches as well as teammates in order to improve. Track is not just a spring sport for me, it is year round work. I would like to continue to progress in the sport of pole vault and do whatever it takes to be the best.