Being a three-season athlete requires many things: time management skills, sport and academic balance, and of course, great athletic ability. Whether it is because of the time commitment, inability to balance sports, school, and extracurricular activities, or just the lack of diverse athletic ability, there are not many three-season athletes.
Junior Megan Lomotan is one of few who plays not only three but four sports in only three seasons, having to balance soccer and flag football in the fall and playing basketball in the winter and lacrosse in the spring. “It can get really hard to manage my time with sports and school. Winter is definitely the hardest because basketball starts, school gets really demanding, and a capella also picks up for competition season, which can make it a very stressful time,” Lomotan said.

Even though people may have the ability to play three sports throughout the three seasons, not many challenge themselves to do so, as, using Lomotan as an example, it can get burdensome with different things going on.
Although they aren’t occupied with other extracurriculars as Lomotan, seniors Matthew Deleon and Connor Jackson also play three sports, all of which require commitment. Deleon joined pickleball this year and plans to continue swim in the winter and lacrosse in the fall. Jackson is playing football in the fall, hockey in the winter and lacrosse in the spring.

Deleon and Jackson have both been a crucial part of boys’ lacrosse in the past years, and look to be captain this year, adding their responsibility and commitment to the sport. They both had all-division recognition and started for three years on varsity. Deleon, one of the few players to be the first to play pickleball in the county, said he enjoys it and likes the contrast between pickleball commitment and swimming and lacrosse commitment. “During pickleball season, I have more time than the other seasons to do homework and it isn’t as much of a commitment, which is good for at least one quarter of school. During lacrosse and swim season, it is a lot more commitment, whether it is the early wake ups for swim or the two and a half hour practices for lacrosse,” Deleon said.

Jackson doesn’t have the same situation as football is more time consuming. “Although football practices take up three hours of my day and can also be hard on my physical health as I have gotten injured a couple times, it tests my time management and I think that the experiences I have in football outweigh the time that it takes away from homework and other activities,” Jackson said.

All three of these athletes all on one thing that can be summed up by Jackson: “Despite the time and commitment and the physical requirements it takes to be a three season athlete, being able to represent my school on the field or wherever I am playing and being able to spend the time with my teammates makes it worth it.”