D3Week: Hometown Kids
For many, going to college is the first opportunity in a student’s life to experience freedom and living away from familiarity, families, and friends for the first time. It is an exciting and pivotal time in a student’s life, especially that of a student-athletes. The Division III experience is a well-rounded one, with its student-athletes valuing and prioritizing several parts of their identities, not solely their athletic identity. At Illinois Wesleyan University specifically, many student-athletes value family and community highly. Over 60 student-athletes at Illinois Wesleyan University grew up locally in the Bloomington-Normal community. There are five high schools in…
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