Personal Statement

Dear Recruiting Administrator,

My name is Robby Mayher, and I have had a passion for tennis from a very young age. Though my athletic interests also include swimming, soccer, baseball, basketball and golf, my enthusiasm towards tennis has always been different. Beginning at the age of four, I was introduced to the game by my mother, who was likewise introduced to it by my grandparents, and my early determination to succeed as a player lead me to my first tournament win at the age of seven. Now, after years of training and competition, I am high school senior looking to explore my future academic options to see where this great sport will take me.

Not long after I joined my high school tennis team, I learned that often the difference between success and failure is the act of showing up and persevering through the internal resistances at a practice when your body and psyche are drained. In some of my own matches, I believe that the deciding factors were my commitment and the experience that has come along with it. Furthermore, by consistently working towards growing as a tennis player, I have found that I can accomplish the goals that I set for myself both on and off the court.

My passion for tennis has never distracted me from my academics. In fact, it has only motivated me to keep a good GPA so that I could always compete. In order maintain this balance, I have developed a maturity and focus for both studying and training that give me free time to pursue my other interests as well. These interests include psychology, political science, history and chess, while my future academic pursuits currently include sports management and sports medicine.

With this essay, I hope to have expressed how I will seamlessly bring my determined mindset to any university that I attend, and how my persistent ambition to improve scholastically will allow me to devote more attention to tennis. This, in turn, along with your institution’s expertise, will fully allow for me to realize my potential.

Thank you for your time and consideration, Robby Mayher