Over at UKNow, Sarah Geegan has a story about Cailin Harris and Daniel Buckles from the women’s soccer and track and field teams, respectively, Harris – a freshman – and Buckles – a sophomore – are both students in the University of Kentucky’s Honors Program, in addition to competing for UK Athletics.The story talks about Harris and Buckles balance school and sports. Here’s an excerpt:
Each year, more than 500 UK students get involved through UK Athletics, programs that carry rich tradition. However, freshman Cailin Harris and sophomore Daniel Buckles took their involvement one step further, engaging in a program that upholds another aspect of the UK tradition — the UK Honors Program.Buckles, a decathlete on the Men’s Track and Field team estimated that he spends at least 20-25 extra hours per week between the two programs, unsurprisingly touting time management as the most important factor in balancing his commitments. However, he and Harris, a member of the Women’s Soccer team, both said that this double involvement actually enhanced both programs — allowing them to gain skills from one program and apply them to the other.“It can be really easy to make excuses in terms of grades, but the soccer program is an environment that responds to any mistakes with hard work,” Harris said. “I think that translates really well to school. If I don’t understand a concept, do I mope about it or do I go get extra help? Do I try to find resources that are going to help me get the grade I want? That is something that I have built up, in the short time I’ve been with this soccer program.”
