Jelani Givens II '16 Recruiting Profile

I've been playing this game of Baseball for 14 years now, and to say I play just for fun would be a lie. I play this sport because I love it, and I just don't play baseball, I live it. See I've been playing this game so long it has become part of my life, and I would like to continue playing Baseball onto the collegiate level and possibly the professional level if I am lucky enough todo so, and that is not a dream of mine, it is a goal that I am willing to accomplish. The qualities I provide that would make me a great fit for the top level collegiate play is my work ethic, experience, and leadership skills that I gained from playing this sport for so long. I've been told that I am a natural leader, because not only do I work to perfect my skills in this game, but I motivate and help others perfect theirs as well, kind of like a player-coach. Which is a quality that I believe would be a great fit for any collegiate level play and a quality not every athlete has. But I am a student-athlete and I also take my studies very seriously as I do baseball. This is why I am just as competitive in the classroom as I am on the field, for this I challenge myself in the classroom by taking honors, advance placement, and college level courses. in which I do this so I can get a college athlete type of schedule and feel, so when I do attend college, I will already know how to maintain my grades with the jam pack schedule of being a college athlete.