Walk into any high school and pick out a handful of athletes and ask them what they want to do after their high school athletic careers have ended. You may get the answer of, “continue playing.” While there are a wide variety of college institutions to choose from, not all are able to give athletic…
Seven semesters down, one more to go. The finish line, graduation, is in sight. A degree is right around the corner but as you continue down the last semester before graduation, senioritis begins to take over your motivation. Adding to the struggle is a full course load and extracurricular activities, such as sports. The load…
At any Cobber men’s basketball game it is clear that head coach Rich Glas is the person in charge. He is the one pacing the sideline and instructing the players that are on the court. At times he may even be badgering the refs for a call to go in Concordia’s favor. On the court…
Through the school year, the Cobber community gets the opportunity to enjoy the variety of sports that Concordia has to offer. The audience get to see countless athletes participating in sports that they have partaken in their whole lives. While the audience gets to sit back and watch these athletes in action, those audience members…
After a majority of Concordia students finish their midterm tests and projects and prepare to leave campus for a four-day recess, what they might not be realizing is that student-athletes will be hanging around campus. Though student-athletes might not get a break from games or practice, the break from school work can come as relief….
The term student-athlete is a loaded classification that some may not fully understand. For the four years that these students are pursuing a degree, they have a 40-plus hour a week “job” so that they can maintain that status of a student-athlete. If one were to look into the schedule of an athlete, one would…
Trainers and coaches understand both the physical and emotional stress injuries put on athletes Injuries can occur in a split second. Yet the process of physical healing can take many more months. On campus there are two full-time athletic trainers, one assistant athletic trainer and two graduate student assistants taking care of the injured Cobber…
As Kyle LeDuc prepared to end a successful high school wrestling career and move onto collegiate athletics, he had several possibilities open to him. He could attend NDSU, where he would be a Division I athlete; he could choose St. Cloud State, which would offer him a Division II-level wrestling program; or, he could attend…