Education is an empowering tool we can all use to make a positive change in our own and others’ lives. I opted to study high-performance sport due to how closely it mimicked my everyday life. I have thoroughly loved understanding how and why we athletes do what we do while also learning how the environment, methodology and even rest leads to success.

This has prompted me to evaluate my own sporting practices and make changes for the better. This scholarship supports me to think beyond what’s now and prepare for the future, allowing me not to defer education for the sake of my sporting career, yet instead, complement it along the way.