Jacqueline Braxton '22 Recruiting Profile

My  collegiate  goals are to major in  Psychology and compete as a track and field athlete . When I was younger I struggled with ADHD and behavior problems and I was never comfortable expressing  my emotions so to help others that went through a similar situation and guide them into the right path is something that I'm very interested in doing as a career. Almost every team mate on my current team has started running at a very young age then you have me,I never thought of track until I moved and saw the track field to the new school I will be attending for my freshmen year. I joined the Theodore Roosevelt track team two weeks after school started now  of course I wasn't good but I did push myself and there was a little improvement towards outdoor season when summer break came. I train with my teammates and coach almost  everyday for the new cross country season. My sophomore year was way better than my freshmen year, I started to place in every xc/track and field meet that I attended and my time improved drastically. What makes me different from other recruits is that I wasn't always a honor roll student to be competently honest. I was not even close. I was a child that got into plenty of fights and couldn't read if my life depended on it, when I tell people that they won't believe it  and wonder how I became the person that I am today. I believe that it finally clicked in my brain and I then realize that this wasn't the path for me. I was put in a couple of programs to improve my academics. Now I can tell people that I am an honor roll student and a part of the national Honor society.