Freshman setter Erin Slinde takes over the Match Point Blog this semester to give us an inside look at what it's like to be a member of the volleyball team. In her first post, she talks about the stereotypes that come with being a student-athlete.
Student-athletes have many stereotypes.
The common one is that we are all no-brained, big-headed bodies of pure muscle that were somehow born with the ability to be at least decent at that sport we play.
As hard as it is being a student-athlete and having to take on all the responsibilities of being one, such as the demanding schedule and workload of our sport on top of being a college student, this doesn't mean we are only there to play our sport.