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D3Lax talks to Navarro Blakes of Rosemont College, @onlyvarro on TikTok.
Blakes is a junior who amassed 30 goals and 43 assists a year ago for the Ravens.
Why did you choose to play Division 3 lacrosse?
"Pretty much the only option available when I was leaving high school."
What are the positives to playing Division 3 lacrosse, and the negatives?
"Positives are definitely the extra free time that I have to be able to make content. A negative would probably the lack of athletic scholarships."
You started playing lacrosse in high school and have shown tremendous growth and progress. What do you think attributed to your success and what advice would you give to a younger kid in a similar spot?
"I think a big part of my progress was that I always recorded myself and made workout videos of my sessions to check my progress. Being able to see myself fail over and over again allowed me to develop fairly quickly."
What is one thing you’d tell your younger self?
"I would convince myself to start doing social media and lacrosse earlier. "
What inspired you to start content creation and what advice would you give to someone wanting to start creating content?
"I always loved making videos even before posting on social media so when I started posting it was just for fun as a hobby. I would tell an aspiring content creator to fall in love with the process of making videos. That's the best satisfaction out of it all."
What was your recruiting process like and what advice would you give on the recruiting process?
"I was only recruited by one school so my recruiting process was fairly easy."
What is your pregame song?
"Something in the Way - Nirvana"
What do you think lacrosse needs to do as a whole to help elevate the game to become a more nationally recognized sport?
"I think lacrosse just needs more time. It will have its moment."
What is your weapon of choice?
"ECD ion on a carbon mtx. This set up has been fire and ECDGreg has strung the last batch of my sticks so it’s always on point. "
You’re on a road trip, what 3 items are you grabbing from the gas station?
"Gummy lifesavers (pre game favorite), Original sunflower seeds, Arizona muco mango"
Blakes is a junior who amassed 30 goals and 43 assists a year ago for the Ravens.
Why did you choose to play Division 3 lacrosse?
"Pretty much the only option available when I was leaving high school."
What are the positives to playing Division 3 lacrosse, and the negatives?
"Positives are definitely the extra free time that I have to be able to make content. A negative would probably the lack of athletic scholarships."
You started playing lacrosse in high school and have shown tremendous growth and progress. What do you think attributed to your success and what advice would you give to a younger kid in a similar spot?
"I think a big part of my progress was that I always recorded myself and made workout videos of my sessions to check my progress. Being able to see myself fail over and over again allowed me to develop fairly quickly."
What is one thing you’d tell your younger self?
"I would convince myself to start doing social media and lacrosse earlier. "
What inspired you to start content creation and what advice would you give to someone wanting to start creating content?
"I always loved making videos even before posting on social media so when I started posting it was just for fun as a hobby. I would tell an aspiring content creator to fall in love with the process of making videos. That's the best satisfaction out of it all."
What was your recruiting process like and what advice would you give on the recruiting process?
"I was only recruited by one school so my recruiting process was fairly easy."
What is your pregame song?
"Something in the Way - Nirvana"
What do you think lacrosse needs to do as a whole to help elevate the game to become a more nationally recognized sport?
"I think lacrosse just needs more time. It will have its moment."
What is your weapon of choice?
"ECD ion on a carbon mtx. This set up has been fire and ECDGreg has strung the last batch of my sticks so it’s always on point. "
You’re on a road trip, what 3 items are you grabbing from the gas station?
"Gummy lifesavers (pre game favorite), Original sunflower seeds, Arizona muco mango"