Personal Statement

My name is Lance Peterson and I am currently a Junior at Smiths Station High School, Alabama. I am a three-sport athlete, but I am a student first. I have made straight A’s my whole life and have taken all advanced/honor’s classes. I am also in the top 10% of my class and I even took the ACT as a freshman to ensure I get the absolute best score I can get by my senior year. When I graduate I will have taken 4 years of a Foreign Language Class (Spanish).  I’m also in the Symphonic Competition Band  and I’m an FCA Leader at my school.  I am on the varsity football, wrestling, and track teams. I received the “Captain’s Award” by my  Football Coaches and I led the team and conference with 93 tackles at Middle Linebacker.  This year, I received the G.R.I.T. Award by the Chatahootchie Valley Sports Hall of Fame and I was all Area Football and All Area Wrestling this year. I have been a starter in wrestling since eighth grade and I qualified for the AL High School State Championships as a freshman at 170 lbs, as a sophomore at 182lbs and I placed in State’s this year at 220.  I wrestled in the NHSCA Nationals, SE Regionals, and numerous freestyle and Greco tournaments during the  off-seasons.  I was recently elected President of the upcoming Senior Class of 2024. Also, during the summer I volunteer at a youth camp for kids with autoimmune diseases.  Wrestling has been a part of my life ever since I was six years old. My older brother wrestled and my dad wrestled in college and the Army and is my high school coach. He was an intern for the Indiana University Wrestling team when I was young and he coached boxing and was an Officer Representative for Army Wrestling at the United States Military Academy, West Point. Growing up and being around that atmosphere and going to so many college matches to include the NCAA National Wrestling Championships lit the spark for me to want to wrestle at the next level. I would love to attend an academically challenging school, major in pre-med, and represent my school on the mat.