{"id":5333,"date":"2019-04-02T10:54:16","date_gmt":"2019-04-02T14:54:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.transy.edu\/1780\/?p=5333"},"modified":"2020-07-14T15:58:07","modified_gmt":"2020-07-14T19:58:07","slug":"transylvania-university-celebrates-ncaas-d3-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.transy.edu\/1780\/2019\/04\/transylvania-university-celebrates-ncaas-d3-week\/","title":{"rendered":"Transylvania University celebrates NCAA’s DIII Week"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

This week, colleges across the country are participating in the\nNCAA\u2019s Division III Week. Introduced in 2010, DIII Week highlights the role of\nstudent athletes at more than 440 schools throughout the United States. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Pioneers men’s basketball senior Bo Schuh works past Kentucky’s Reid Travis in an early-season exhibition game. <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

According to the NCAA, \u201cDivision III Week is a positive\nopportunity for all individuals associated with Division III to observe and\ncelebrate the impact of athletics and of student-athletes on the campus and\nsurrounding community.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

At Transylvania, student-athletes participate on 27 intercollegiate athletic teams. Since 2004, the Pioneers have won more than 50 conference championships and, emphasizing the student in student-athlete, have had more than 500 athletes recognized with academic all-conference selections. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cYou\u2019re doing it because you love the sport,\u201d said senior\nmen\u2019s basketball player Bo Schuh, who recently reflected on his career at\nTransy.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI can walk to class here and I\u2019ll have professors stop me\u2026 and they\u2019ll say \u2018Hey, you played really well last night.\u2019 I just love how close it is here and how everyone cares about the sport and wants to see the team do well,\u201d Schuh said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He also sees the value in combining his love for basketball with his academics. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWith an athlete, you see the direct results from a tough loss, a tough practice, a bad play. If you just put your mind to it and say, \u2018You know what, forget it. I\u2019m going to do better\u2026\u2019 and then you go do it, you basically see the results and that builds a mindset\u2026. If I put my mind to it and I apply myself, I can do better than I did last time,\u201d Schuh says, which is the same mindset he takes with him into the classroom and beyond. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

View more of Schuh\u2019s reflections <\/a>in this video prepared by Transysports.com for Division III Week 2019. <\/p>\n\n\n\n