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Balancing academics and baseball is crucial, especially with the rigorous academic environment at Northwestern. It's important to stay organized and manage your time effectively in order to stay on top of your schoolwork and athletic commitments. Setting aside specific time for both academics and baseball will help you avoid falling behind. Additionally, taking advantage of support systems and resources available at the university can help you maintain a healthy balance. Good time management and utilizing available support can make the academic-athletic balance more manageable.

Jackson Freeman | Northwestern Baseball

I think that's really been helpful for me , and that's kind of eased my transition and made me a better baseball player on the field as well . Uh , academics in baseball , uh , finding a way to balance them is , is tricky at times . Um , you know , obviously , Northwestern is , is a very good school and academically rigorous school .

Jackson Freeman | Northwestern Baseball

Because , you know , you have a lot of stuff to do . So , uh , you gotta make sure that you're , you're on task and you're doing it , so you don't fall behind , especially with the quarter system here . Everything goes pretty fast .

Jackson Freeman | Northwestern Baseball

I think that's a makeup of the people , um , both athletically . And like , just school as well . Um , I think it's a , a really great community that we have here , um , not just with my team , but with all the athletes .

Jackson Freeman | Northwestern Baseball

Uh , academics in baseball , uh , finding a way to balance them is , is tricky at times . Um , you know , obviously , Northwestern is , is a very good school and academically rigorous school . So , Um , you know , I really try and , um , block out my time really well .

Jackson Freeman | Northwestern Baseball

And just through , you know , hard work before I got here and after I got here continuously working , uh , I was able to play every game last year . So , I think that has really helped me this year , and I've seen kind of the separation between , um , the people that I played with in high school who were also in my grade , um , that went on to play in college . It's like , a lot of those kids , um , didn't really get that opportunity last year .