My Greatest School Accomplishment is my 4.0 GPA by Connor

My Greatest School Accomplishment is my 4.0 GPA by Connor - December 2016 Scholarship Essay

A school accomplishment I am very proud of is achieving a 4.0 GPA throughout my high school education. I am a student athlete and this requires good grades and time management! I have had to learn how to balance academics and athletics for years.
As a baseball student athlete, my school day begins at 6:00 am when I get up and eat a healthy breakfast and head to the gym at school for my morning workout of lifting weights or running on the track. If I am not at school for workouts in the morning I am there catching up on tests, etc. I have missed because of games. Student athletes go to classes all day and our last period class is baseball. Practice beginning February 1st starts right after baseball class so we are essentially on the field from 3:00 pm to 7:00 pm. The remainder of the school year when we are not practicing with school we are practicing with our Travel Team. To stay competitive in baseball an athlete must do something, ‘baseball’ everyday! If we are not running to get faster, we are lifting weights to get stronger, hitting baseballs off the tee or live for 100 hacks a day, or taking ground balls in our position to increase our skills in the field.
The reason I am giving you an idea of what we do athletically is because this is just one element of our day that usually starts at 6:00 am and ends at 11-12:00 at night. In order to be a competitive baseball player you must get good grades and do well on standardized tests. Many baseball players take advanced classes to help maintain a higher GPA and stay competitive on standardize tests. This is because most people do not know that baseball recruits receive limited scholarships. Universities do not fund baseball like some sports, ie; football, so many players only get scholarships for about 25% of their tuition. Baseball players spend about 40 hrs. a week working on baseball when they go college, so it is a big commitment. It is my dream to play in college so I look forward to the challenge but because of the demand baseball will have on my time, it will be difficult to have a job as well to help cover the cost of tuition and room and board.
It is a good thing that I was successful with time management throughout my high school years because now I believe I can continue on with my post-secondary education and maintain my 4.0 GPA as well as being a competitive athlete on the baseball field. Scholarships such as yours will reward hard working students and help with managing the high cost of college.