Caleb Cook is a rising redshirt-sophomore multimedia journalism major from Brunswick, Georgia, who competes on the Eagle football team as an offensive lineman. He is part of the Southern Scribes, which consists of Georgia Southern student-athletes writing about their department.
STATESBORO - The double-edged sword of being a student-athlete is often recognized for what it can do for someone instead of what it can do to that person.
Being a student-athlete brings about situations that complicate and exacerbate feelings of stress and anxiety which can potentially be overwhelming. Performance anxiety, a compounded schedule, and the sheer weight of balancing both the duties of a student and the responsibilities of an athlete are some of the issues that a student-athlete must deal with.