Emerging Athlete (EA) Program
The Emerging Athlete program was launched at our Sports Awards evening. Over the years we have recognised the need to support students with both their academic and sporting endeavours.
The Emerging Athlete (EA) Program supports emerging athletes at MLC School as they navigate their way through representative sports pathways, while trying to balance their schoolwork, training, and competition commitments.
The EA Program assists students in achieving their sporting and academic goals, while maintaining a balanced lifestyle.
The Program provides:
- Performance support to athletes through personalised strength and conditioning programs
- Management of wellbeing and stress levels that will be monitored weekly.
- The support of an athlete mentor for senior students
- Assistance with time management
- Support with goal setting
- A variety of education seminars, information, and resources
- Opportunities to participate in high-performance camps.
- Opportunities to network with other emerging athletes and industry leaders
- Guest speakers who will inspire and motivate athletes.
- Breakfast vouchers for those athletes who arrive at school early to train.
- Possibility of subsidised entry fees when representing MLC School in a representative competition
- Athletes will be supported as they journey along the representative pathway to become an elite athlete, developing skills they can use throughout their career.
TO APPLY
ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA
| Criteria – Level 1 – DREAM | Criteria – Level 2 – BELIEVE |
| Individuals representing NSW or Australia in their chosen sport. | Individuals in Year 10 to Year 12 representing NSW or Australia in their chosen sport. |
| Individuals have have been talent identified by their state or national sporting body. | Individuals who have been talent identified by their state or national sporting body. |
| Individuals who have been selected into two or more CIS teams through qualification process. | Individuals who have been selected into two or more CIS teams through qualification process. |
| These athletes must also be completing a significant number of training hours that cause extraordinary interruptions to school life (8-10 hours per week). | These athletes must also be completing a significant number of training hours that cause extraordinary interruptions to school life (upwards of 12 hours per week) |
| Additional criteria that will be considered: Demonstrate their ‘trainability’ (sport-specific skill acquisition) Demonstrate their commitment Demonstrate their motivation Demonstrate their ‘coachability’ Demonstrate their positive psychological, self-management and relevant traits. |
Additional criteria that will be considered, same as Level 1 and including:
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