Today on SAC, A West Virginia University Gynmast Alum, Julia Merwin was interviewed! Julia graduated in the spring from WVU and gave some great insight into the college athlete lifestyle, and what it’s like to be an athlete at WVU! As a Maryland native, she explained that her region doesn’t have high school gymnastics, so she competed with a club since she was a little kid. She started gymnastics when she was 5 and has loved it ever since!
Julia discussed her recruiting process and how she ended up at WVU. With this sports podcast, you can see that all athletes had different roads into college. With that being said, you shouldn’t compare your process to anybody else’s! In her athletic career, injuries were prevalent similar to many other athletes. She had to go through injuries in high school and college but overcame all of them, this is definitely a motivation podcast as well when you listen to it.
We talked about her experience at WVU and what she studied. She clarified how her team and herself managed to stay on top of classwork while they were in season and had to travel to different schools. In 2019, her squad took a trip to Cancun, Mexico for a competition and she talked all about it. Something that is really cool about college sports is that you will be able to experience things you might not ever experience without being an athlete!
Lastly, we had a conversation about the effect of COVID-19 on both of our seasons and teams. Julia is doing a lot of awesome things with her platform online and we talked about that as well. This episode will give you plenty of great content for the college athlete’s lifestyle! Make sure to check out the day in the life of a student-athlete segment as well!
Tune in to this great college athlete podcast!
https://www.buzzsprout.com/1106450/5332264-interview-with-julia-merwin-west-virginia-university-gymnastics
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZsB5jCINj9k
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