Um , just have grit and , and work through whatever adversity is thrown at us , um , so it's I , I think that's , that's what I would say why Youngstown . Things that led to earning that scholarship were , so I , I was only a walk on for 7 months here . Um , I , it was during the spring , went through winter workouts and everything I was doing .
And then on top of that I was Working two separate jobs so that I could pay for my school , um . My parents helped me a little bit , but I didn't want to put that burden on them because I had other opportunities to get money for for school going to Division 2 or Division 3 programs that . Um If I had done that , it would have saved them so I , I was working I was working two jobs for that entire time trying to , trying to just make sure I had my school paid for and everything , uh , so the days were long days were hard , uh , but I worked my butt off and , and ended up reaping the benefits of , of my work in that situation , um , and I'm forever grateful to coach Phillips and YSU football for that for that opportunity .
A ridiculous amount of stuff on my own to try to get better , perfect my craft , um . And then on top of that I was Working two separate jobs so that I could pay for my school , um . My parents helped me a little bit , but I didn't want to put that burden on them because I had other opportunities to get money for for school going to Division 2 or Division 3 programs that .
My parents helped me a little bit , but I didn't want to put that burden on them because I had other opportunities to get money for for school going to Division 2 or Division 3 programs that . Um If I had done that , it would have saved them so I , I was working I was working two jobs for that entire time trying to , trying to just make sure I had my school paid for and everything , uh , so the days were long days were hard , uh , but I worked my butt off and , and ended up reaping the benefits of , of my work in that situation , um , and I'm forever grateful to coach Phillips and YSU football for that for that opportunity . Yeah , I , I think things that may have stood out I , I had .
Uh , kind of , kind of take advantage of it or look past it and don't really appreciate . The opportunity that you have to to further the youth to um help people . Just be be better people um it doesn't have to be football it doesn't have to be athletics based you can go out in the community and help help people and it and it really mean you can you can tell it really means something to them , um , and then you talk to a kid you make their week you they they they know everything about you .
