Jack Henderson Research Paper

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In the Latin language, the word excelsior, translates to “ever upward.” This word is everywhere; from the New York State slogan to the movie Silver Linings Playbook. This word is also on the bedroom wall and dorm room of eighteen year old Jack Henderson. To him, excelsior means to always think positive and that there is always something greater happening. Inspired by his dad, who played baseball in high school and college, he started playing tee-ball. He played tee-ball until two things happened, one he thought it was extremely boring and two, his team did awful. This is the beginning of Jack Henderson’s journey with his true passion lacrosse, and how the word excelsior has always been an inspiration to him throughout it. Jack Henderson …show more content…

Every day, he would go to school at 7:30 in the morning, and then he would practice lacrosse for around three hours after that. He even spent his entire summer working with a trainer to grow his skills even more. Playing a sport requires a lot of dedication, as well as support. Henderson says that his dad is his biggest inspiration, and both of his parents attend all his games. His sister tries to support him, but she would consider herself a “bad luck charm.” His sister believes that every time she goes to one of his games, he immediately starts losing, so she often leaves the games …show more content…

Lacrosse gave him the opportunities to get into colleges, that just by his grades would have been impossible. In the end, Henderson chose to play lacrosse at Stockton University for three reasons, one he considers it to be close to home, but just perfectly far away from growing up in North Jersey, two it is a great school for his major criminal justice, and most importantly, three because Stockton has a good lacrosse team. In a year from now, Jack Henderson hopes to earn good grades, love Stockton University so much he never wants to leave, and of course, make the lacrosse

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