Elite

A little over 7% of high school athletes go on to play a varsity sport in college and less than 2% of high school athletes go on to play at NCAA Division school. Following that rare success, over 35% of athletes suffer from disordered eating, burnout, depression, anxiety, and much more. These interviews detail the struggle and ultimate success of St. Mary’s College of Maryland’s Athletes.

All in the name of becoming the elite.

Emelina Grimm

Women's Swimming

"I think women in sports need to defend and protect one another. We are not each other's competition but rather we are each other allies. I truly believe that women sticking together is a beautiful thing that we need to protect at all costs"

Robert Shively

Men's Swimming

"I barely made the slowest training group on the team, and then I broke my leg. My left femur fractured completely in half."

00:00 / 02:02

Lily Davison

Women's Lacrosse

'I would have been me louder, sooner"

00:00 / 01:41

Ella Raines

Women's Soccer

"Calm down, it's gonna be okay. Like, everything is fine."

00:00 / 01:23

Hayden Kesner

Women's Field Hockey

" I don't have to be like perfect. But at the same time, my body will tell me when to stop."

00:00 / 02:39

Emmanuel Douge

Men's Track & Field

"Give it your all. Regardless of if you're like, feeling something like you're feeling tired or whatever, you like have to push through that and
try and get to the finish, regardless of how hard it is. It could be the last one."

00:00 / 05:49

Hannah Gorel

Women's Tennis

"You 100% are good enough."

00:00 / 00:33

Quinton Maris

Baseball

"My family never went to college, we are all farmers and that's not really a walk of life for them. I think it'd be cool to be the first first generation to go."

00:00 / 04:15

Megan Steven

Volleyball

"The love that I've received from other people I knew I wanted to give."

00:00 / 00:28