>>Hey, Bobcat Nation. Do you
know what it's like to be a
Woman's Division 1 Ice Hockey
player? Well, I'm like Lexie
Adjiza, and today I'm gonna
show you in this Quinnipiac Day in the Life video.
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I'm getting a bit of an early start today, it's 7 a.m. I like to wake
up and go on the elliptical for
about half an hour to 45 minutes
in the morning to get my day
started, get a little bit
conditioning in. And also I
listen to lecture videos while
I'm on the elliptical. It's a
little bit of a part of balancing
the student athlete life, as well as
I think it helps me retain
information better.
So I'm a little sweaty, but
honestly that's what you want, a
great start to the morning. I'm gonna head to my dorm now and
get all ready for class.
So I live on Hill Dorms, on
main campus. So, right up this
little hill. I live in a suite.
There's seven people. So there's
four other hockey girls. One
basketball girl, and my direct
roommate who's on soccer. We all
get along really well and it's
nice to have a little mix.
So now that I'm all ready for
class, I'm gonna tell you a
little bit about myself. So, I'm
from London, Ontario, Canada. I'm
an accounting major, and CIS
minor. I want to do accounting
for a little bit, but it also
opens a lot of doors. And I
realize that you understand the
whole backbone of a business. So
for me, I think the end goal is
to maybe own something of my own.
We're really lucky here now that
I'm in my major courses. I have
class sizes, about 13 to 15
people, which for a lecture is
pretty unheard of. Instead of
applying to the 3+1 program here,
I'm self-accelerating. So I'm
basically on track with them. So
I'll complete my undergrad and my
MBA in four years, which is
pretty amazing. There's not many
schools that really offer that
either. So, great academics here
as well.
I know before coming here I
had some concerns of balancing
such a heavy program with such
high expectations on the ice and
finding time in between to
socialize with friends and make
new friendships. And I'm gonna
tell you all, it was a lot easier
than I thought. You come in as a
first year and you're put into a
dorm. You get to mingle and have
floor meetings and meet everyone.
So that's definitely important,
first year to get to know
everyone. Because they'll be your
lifelong friends.
So I'm here with two of my
suitemates and two other
sophomores on the team.
>>Hi!
>>We're headed to one of the further buildings on campus, CCE. I have
class with Gabby, we're headed to
business law.
So this is one of our bigger
classes. Most of our major
classes are pretty small, but I
think this one has around 30 people.
We went over a few examples of
consent in contracts and which
party would win, which party
would lose. I really enjoy this
class because we use real life
examples and he makes it really
interesting. The most difficult
part about being a student
athlete is balancing everything,
especially with me. I have seven
courses this semester with a
busy, busy athletic schedule. So
it's really just about time
management and finding your
routine and finding your groove.
And once you have that, just
spending an equal amount of time
on both to succeed at everything.
So now that we're done with
class, we're just gonna head and
get some breakfast cause I'm
getting hungry. My go to in the
morning is definitely a few eggs
with some cheese. Breakfast is
definitely my favorite meal. So
the fact that we have breakfast
all day is definitely a plus of
going here.
So another other part of the
student athlete grind is taking
naps sometimes. I like my daily
nap for about an hour a day. So I
just took one and I'm on my way
to my second accounting class. So
this class is in the school
business. I spend a lot of my
time there since I'm in the
business program. The classrooms
are really nice and updated. And
this is one of my smaller
classes, there's only about 15 to
20 people in it. For learning,
you get one-on-one with the
professor and when you're a
student athlete and you miss a
lot of classes, it's nice to have
that relationship with your
professors.
Alright, it's time to drive up
to the rink for a practice and video.
In front of us is our rink,
our rinks on the right side and
the basketball court's on the
left. So, since I had to rush
from class and I didn't have time
to get lunch, I'm making a little snack.
Practice today. It's middle of
the week. So it's a little bit of
a longer practice. We worked on
some special teams and it was
just a high pace practice, to get
the legs moving. We're doing
scout videos. So basically you
look at the team that you're
playing and you see where you can
exploit them and what we can do
to play our best game against
them.
So here's our weight room.
There's
Jacob, doing some extra work in there.
He's on basketball. Our
athletic training room where...
this is our mom away from home,
care bear! She's the best
athletic trainer. We love her.
So we finished practice and
we're back on main campus. And we
decided to get some sushi. So,
that's like pretty nice, our
school actually has a whole sushi
bar. For all you aspiring hockey
Division 1 players out there,
I was definitely scared coming
into college. You get warned
about how the speed of the game
is different. There's higher
expectations and everyone who's
coming in is the top on their
team. So my advice to you would
just be to use your resources,
because when you get to college,
everyone's rooting for you. Your
coaches want you to do well, do
extra skills, get in the weight
room. Figure out what you need to
do to improve and make your best
things great. My challenge to you
and everyone watching this video
is to do something that makes you
uncomfortable. When I first came
here and it was orientation, they
were doing karaoke and a lot of
people were too afraid to
volunteer. And I'm a pretty
social outgoing person, but that
still was very out of my comfort
zone. And so I got a few girls
together and we went up and
actually sang at orientation. I
made some new friends from that.
It was something to joke around,
so I knew it would be a
conversation starter. So
definitely do something that
makes you uncomfortable when you
get to college.
So I'm actually about to head
to my last class. It's a night
class from 6:30 to 7:45. Being a
student athlete and taking a
nutrition class, I think it's
extremely useful just to see what
we should be eating, how much we
should be eating to perform in
the classroom and on the ice as
best we can.
So I'm finally done with
classes for the day.
Usually when I get back at
night, I like to hang out in the
common room with my roommates for
a little bit, but I have five
exams next week, so it's a little
crazy.
and being a student athlete,
We like to get ahead. So I'm not
hanging out tonight doing some
homework.
Being a student athlete, it
teaches you a lot of life
lessons. How to time manage, how
to communicate, how to work with
others, teaches you to set goals
and achieve them. I think being a
student athlete is a great
experience in college. Thanks for
following along with me today. I
hope you enjoy seeing the day in the
life of a women's hockey player.
Be sure to check out other
Quinnipiac Day in the Life
videos. Go, Bobcats.
