Beyond Potential

Athletes Buzz May 3, 2010

Dowling Set for a Big Year

     Brian Dowling has wanted this his entire life. As a young kid, he grew up watching and emulating the great football stars playing for Wayne Hills Football. He knows and remembers almost every athlete to play for Hills since he can remember. And he has been working his tail off to be one of those names. So far he has not dissappointed. Without getting specific with stats, lets just say that Brian has had as good of a sophomore and junior season as anyone has had at Hills. But what makes Brian tick is that this isn’t good enough. He just doesn’t want to be remembered as “one of the great players” in Hills history. He wants to be in the argument of having one of the best season ever. And he has a great chance.
     His recent performance at the NIKE Camp at Penn State where he walked away with Running Back MVP Honors shows his ability and drive to be great. Even though Brian is a integral part of the Hills Baseball Team, Brian has continued to train and get better whenever he has a breather. His training regimen will intensify after baseball and into the summer.
     Every so often athletes like Brian come through and just get it. He sees the light at the end of the tunnel. Brian understands that he will be good next year, but thats not good enough for him (or Coach Olsen). Brian will do everything he needs to do in order to get where he wants to be. I’m very interested to see where that is.