“Recently, I found a letter that Chase wrote in 2014; he listed his personal commitments. They were powerful, clear and worthy of who Chase was then and is today. Great people are not born, they are developed; they develop themselves; they are aware of the people, opportunities and circumstances surrounding them and they make every effort to maximize them. Chase is an excellent young man because he chooses to be so. I am very proud of Chase and his accomplishments and know that he has much more to offer.” -- Carol Hagar

I just ended my first quarter at Dartmouth College which was filled with many ups and downs, but overall, a very successful first term. Going to college, I had to settle into many new changes that I faced when I first stepped foot on the Dartmouth campus. These changes consisted of constantly meeting new people, adjusting to a newly decorated dorm room, becoming comfortable with my team and coaches, and learning to live on my own for the first time. It was definitely a culture shock and at times extremely hard for me to adjust to...

I hope everyone at ATA is well. Here is a quick update in response to your question on the transition from junior player to college athlete.

To begin with, the freedom one is given in college is much different than the freedom one has as a high school student. Accountability is placed solely on you for virtually every aspect of life, whereas in high school...

I hope that both you and the rest of the ATA community are doing well. I am emailing you just to give a brief update on how my third semester at St. Edward’s University has gone thus far.

It has been a busy semester, to say the least. I have been taking 18 credit hours but it has been very manageable; I have still hung on to the 4.0. In fact, I’m upset that I still have a 4.0. As busy as I have been the past year, I am growing frustrated and concerned that I am wasting my time as a student-athlete if I do not allow myself to fail...

The tennis aspect of Princeton is very tough and hectic. Practices are always super fun, loud and competitive. My practice schedule for the fall is MWF 7:15am lifts with 4-7pm practice and Tuesday Thursday practices from 1:30-3:30ish. Then on top of that, in order to receive our warm ups (Sweat pants and sweatshirts) we have to complete certain things in our free time.

Hey ATA!

I am about to finish up my sixth week at school now and I just wanted to check in with yall and let you know a little bit about what college is really like and what ATA has taught me.

First off, time management is the major key component when trying to balance your academic and athletic life at school.

You will not only have to schedule your days...

Midterms are coming up, and since it’s almost halfway through the year I thought I would give you an update on how college life at St.Edwards has been so far. Fall semester has been interesting so far – I have changed roommates [...] and I now live with a good friend on the tennis team. Life is very similar to College Prep life. I set my alarm for 6:50am when I was in CP, and I still set my alarm at 6:50am in college.

Dear Fellow Teammates,

My college experience has been wonderful so far. Overall college life is a lot busier than high school life. I can never afford to waste time. The material or amount of school work isn’t too overwhelming if you stay on top of things. Classes are for the most part pretty large with a 100 plus students and most courses are lecture based. I find it is much more efficient to look at the PowerPoints ahead of time in order to be able to write down more and understand more during class – a practice I was introduced to at ATA College Prep. Studying and learning the material from every class is crucial because we have daily quizzes. The biggest difference between high school and college is...