William_Heikkinen football career challenges

1. William_Heikkinen football career challenges WilliamHeikkinen and Brown University Ivy League schools are well-known all around the world. These colleges offer the highest in academic training but it doesn’t just end there. These colleges also take their sports very seriously. It is a challenge to just get into these schools because your grade level must remain high at all times throughout high school. Ivy Leagues schools do go looking for the best of the best. One of these Ivy League schools is Brown University. Located in the historic part of Providence, Rhode Island and was founded in the year 1764. Brown University is the seventh oldest Ivy League school in the United States. This college offers both undergraduate and graduate programs. Brown is known as a leading research university that always shows commitment to exceptional undergraduate study. The diverse community at Brown consists of 2,000 graduate students, 6,200 undergraduates, and 700 faculty members and over 5,000 visiting and online students. Brown’s student come from over 115 countries and all of the United States. As the fourth largest collegiate athletic program in the United States, Brown University has 900 athletes that compete on 37 varsity teams. The football team has seen some of the world’s top players such as Joe Paterno, John Heisman, James Develin and Fritz Pollard. And it is these folks who have their eye on a freshman at Brown University. Most of the big names listed above not only went to Brown University but graduated from Andover High School. These superstars are also telling the coaches to keep an eye on their newest student that is named William Heikkinen. William Heikkinen is a graduate of Andover High School and is nothing short of a superstar. This is the person that all eyes are on because of what he has already achieved. Not only did Heikkinen love sports he also letters in football, track and varsity. Once Heikkinen committed to Brown University in January of 2013, his coach EJ Perry said, “Browns excellent football combined with its academic prowness convinced Will to attend.” There has been a long line of excellent football players before Will and now he has joined the ranks.

2. While playing for the Andover Golden Warriors football team, this 6 foot 1 inch 195-pound wide receiver caught 67 passes for 1,162 yards and nine touchdowns his last season to add to the 7 interceptions. While in his junior year, William was a receiver for the Golden Warriors and his teammate Andy Coke predicted that Heikkinen was a player to watch because he was going to make it far. William Heikkinen will have football career challenges because he also has to keep the academic grades up. Although, Heikkinen does not back down from challenges so although it may be a bit of a struggle he will manage to get it done. Heikkinen grew up just as many of us have. He lived in Andover, Massachusetts with his younger siblings and parents. It is said that he had a love for sports from the time he could stand and hold a bat. He played Little League and then moved on to other sports. The game he loved the most was football and still loves the game. Having played high school football and being excellent at it got him noticed by colleges. Not only was this kid great at sports but had perfect grades. When Heikkinen heard that the Ivy League schools were looking at him he stepped up the challenge with the academics. While in high school Heikkinen and a group of peer students began to volunteer middle school kids. Not only did this group of students volunteer to help with the students grades they also helped with confidence building. Perfect grades, excellent at football and cares about people and the community. Is there any wonder the Ivy League schools wanted him? About:William Heikkinen was raised in Andover, Massachusetts by his parents and he has two younger siblings. Will was great at any sport that he decided to try. Having a baseball and bat in hand most of the time as a younger child his love of sports showed. As he grew older he tried and took to the game of football. His high academic grades and his ability on the field caught the attention of Ivy Leagues. Heikkinen was sought after by some of the most prestigious universities in the United States, including Harvard, Princeton and Brown University. Heikkinen chose Brown University. For more information on William Heikkinen visit his fan page at: http://www.williamheikkinen.com/.