Thank you for my scholarship selection, this is very important to me and my studies as it will contribute to my overall involvement in the course and ease some pressures from my training load as an elite athlete. My education in Food Technology and Nutrition is very important to me because it provides the ability to widen my knowledge in food compositions, dietary behaviour, key aspects to look out for when purchasing foods, as well as increasing my awareness of the role food plays that I can carry into my training and lifestyle to reach maximum benefits.

Studying alongside training provides me with wellbeing balance, being able to shift my thinking and apply myself in different ways helps me to be organised between commitments, stay on-top of tasks and continuously activate my brain and creativity.

Challenges I face with my sporting and education are specifically when I am travelling overseas for competitions and I am unable to attend laboratory practicals that have a significant percentage towards my final grade, therefore having to re-sit the practicals at later dates can be challenging. In addition, if my competitions clash with exam periods I will have to defer my exam sitting which is not ideal, however is manageable.

My future aspirations outside of my sporting career are to create my own food products ideally for elite athletes in weight dependent sports and can be used generally for all sports and active individuals.