Haley
Haley is a junior at UNH with an English major and Art minor. An athlete all of her life, Haley came to UNH as a scholarship athlete in lacrosse. Haley wasn't prepared for the size of UNH, having grown up in small community environment Now she is ready to conquer an even larger playing field; she plans to study in London during her second semester this year.
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PLAYING DIVISION ONE LACROSSE
CHOOSING NOT TO PLAY LACROSSE
JOINING THE CYCLING TEAM
USING COLLEGE SERVICES
FINDING OUT I HAVE A LEARNING DISABILITY
STRATEGIES
INDEPENDENCE
THE FUTURE
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PLAYING
DIVISION ONE LACROSSE
My dad sent a tape of me playing lacrosse to UNH. They gave me a scholarship to play so obviously I was going to come. I knew there would be a time commitment right off the bat but I didn’t know it would go so far into my academics. I was scheduling my classes that Fall around lacrosse not academics. The classes were killing me because they weren’t the classes I wanted to take. I had to take them because they fit into my practice schedule. I am the kind of person who wants to fully commit. I can’t do that if I am missing classes due to practice. I had no social life. Through the winter, it was horrible because we weren’t playing lacrosse. We were just lifting, my classes were tough, and the only person I really talked to was my roommate. That is when I began thinking that lacrosse might not be the best decision for me. I wanted time to enjoy myself, take the classes I wanted, and get involved in clubs. As a freshman, you are not playing as much as you did in high school. In high school, you might be captain and then here you are sitting on the bench each weekend maybe playing here and there.