MIAC Student-Athlete Spotlight - 1/26/2012
1/26/2012
The MIAC Student-Athlete Spotlight is a feature highlighting student-athletes each Tuesday and Thursday. Today's spotlight is on Erik Olson of Concordia College and Eric Jorgenson of Gustavus Adolphus College. If you would like to be featured in the Student-Athlete Spotlight contact narians@miac-online.org.
Erik Olson, Concordia College
Junior, Track and Field
Buffalo, Minn./Buffalo
Major: Communication
Minor: Business
Why did you choose to be a Division III student-athlete?
I wanted to continue athletics at the college level and do so at a school where I could get a good education.
What do you like most about competing in the MIAC?
I am competing with people who are very competitive and skilled athletes.
What has been the greatest part of your collegiate athletic career thus far?
Getting the opportunity to participate in both conference meets last season during my first season in the MIAC.
What is the greatest lesson you have learned from being a student-athlete?
That no matter how hard I work there will always be room for improvement.
If you have been involved in community service projects, which project has been the most rewarding and why?
I was a student leader at my church and that was definitely the most important community service that I could do because I helped bring kids closer to Christ and tried to help steer their lives in a direction that will influence them and others to have a relationship with God.
Eric Jorgenson, Gustavus Adolphus College
Sophomore, Cross Country/Track and Field
Osseo, Minn./Osseo
Major: Psychology
What do you like most about competing in the MIAC?
Every competitor in the MIAC is an awesome person.
What has been the greatest part of your collegiate athletic career thus far?
Running in the 4 x 800 relay at the MIAC Outdoor Championships last year. It was the most exciting race of my life.
What is the greatest lesson you have learned from being a student-athlete?
Time management is key and once mastered, the sky is the limit in life.
How do you hope your combined academic and athletic experience will help you as you pursue future endeavors?
It will allow me to be able to manage my time as well as manage training with a job as I wish to continue my athletic career after college.
Who has been the most influential person in your athletic career?
My first ever captain in high school, Brian Schoenrock, who taught me how to not only be a great athlete, but also a great sportsman.
Photos courtesy of Concordia and Gustavus Sports Information.
