I wish I had more to report, but I am currently awaiting an email response from my athlete to do an interview.
His schedule is beginning to fill up more as the team begins its NCAA tournament push, so his time is limited, and we have had some trouble finding time to meet in the past. Once he gets back to me, we will set up a time to do an interview this week.
Aristotle has had a great season as a freshman, so there should be plenty of soccer-related things to discuss. Coming into a top program and immediately finding one’s place on the roster is uncommon, so I am curious to see how he has viewed his success.
I hope to draw more interesting quotes from him than just typical athlete platitudes, but if he is uncooperative, I plan on asking him who he thinks would be the best teammate/coach/family member of his to interview for more perspective.
Ren Schmitt, Sports Journalism 