Jacob Nault '15 Recruiting Profile

     My Freshman year of high school was the second year I ever wrestled. I wasn’t the best wrestler at the time but I found ways to win matches. The toughest kid I wrestled all year beat me in the regular season. Frustrated and determined, I worked hard all season and tried every day to learn more make myself a better wrestler. By the end of the season I was hardly ever losing matches. People were starting to learn my name because every match I would leave a statement.

    That year I was ranked the third seed going into the State Meet.  I made it to the semi-finals and I upset the person who was ranked the number one seed.  This put me into the finals. In the finals I was up against the person who was ranked the number two seed. Previously in the season, that person beat me. He’s the one who provoked all the hard work and motivation that drove me through the match and to the top of the podium that day. The score the day I beat him was 12-1 which was one more point than he beat me by during the normal season.  After that day the sport has changed for me. I have trained hard and have made it to the finals of almost every tournament I have wrestled in since that day.

    The sport of wrestling has taught me so much about so many things.  Not just about wrestling, but about life, about self-confidence, and about discipline. I use the lessons this sport has taught me every day to make myself a better person, not just a better wrestler. The sport of wrestling doesn’t discriminate. No matter what your race is, your gender, if you are tall or short, heavy or light, there is a place for you in wrestling. In many sports, only people with certain body types are able to succeed. In wrestling, as long as you are tough and have the desire to win, nothing else matters.

    I want to wrestle in college. It’s been my dream for the past 5 years. I’ve worked very hard to get to where I am and I continue to work hard, any opportunity I have, to make myself better both physically and mentally.