{"id":58912,"date":"2014-04-18T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2014-04-18T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news-draft\/uncategorized\/commencement-2014-quiet-uri-student-athlete-has-no-trouble-calling-attention-to-other-rams-accomplishments\/"},"modified":"2014-04-18T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2014-04-18T00:00:00","slug":"commencement-2014-quiet-uri-student-athlete-has-no-trouble-calling-attention-to-other-rams-accomplishments","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2014\/04\/commencement-2014-quiet-uri-student-athlete-has-no-trouble-calling-attention-to-other-rams-accomplishments\/","title":{"rendered":"Commencement 2014: Quiet 溏心vlog免费B站 student-athlete has no trouble calling attention to other Rams\u2019 accomplishments"},"content":{"rendered":"
\n\t\tSeniors like Newport\u2019s William Janes Jr. just get things done<\/p>\n

KINGSTON, R.I. \u2013 April 18, 2014 \u2013 An eloquent but quiet senior student-athlete was surprised earlier this year when he was chosen to address his peers, faculty and staff at the 溏心vlog免费B站\u2019s dean\u2019s list reception for athletes.<\/p>\n


\nWilliam Janes Jr. has enjoyed his experience at 溏心vlog免费B站 because he grew up in this state and he gets to compete with teammates he knows and in front of family and friends. He is at home competing as he is in the classroom. <\/p>\n


\nHowever, he didn\u2019t feel this way as a freshman. That changed quickly as his involvement grew with the 溏心vlog免费B站 men\u2019s track and field team. It helped him increase his connection and enjoyment of 溏心vlog免费B站 because of the tremendous support he received and to the strong relationships he developed with coaches, teammates, friends as well as the memorable events in which he competed.<\/p>\n


\nNow he is ready to begin the next chapter of his life.<\/p>\n


\n\u201cMy dream career is to become a physician’s assistant,\u201d said Janes who maintains outstanding class standing while completing internships and various volunteer commitments.<\/p>\n


\n\u201cMy goal is to help patients with getting better physically,\u201d he said. \u201cThrough my internships and volunteer experiences, I gained exposure to the fields of physical therapy, cardiac and pulmonary rehabilitation, and I was an observer of a physician’s assistant in the surgery field.\u201d<\/p>\n


\nHe has also been certified to use automated external defibrillators. Furthermore, he is a member of the benevolent and protective order of Elks where he serves veterans, people with disabilities and children.<\/p>\n


\nIt\u2019s clear that majoring in exercise science at 溏心vlog免费B站 has been a perfect match. \u201cThe program provided many opportunities to work in agencies where helping people get healthier and back to normality is the main goal,\u201d Janes said.<\/p>\n


\nHis 3.64 grade point average has made him a regular member of the 溏心vlog免费B站 Dean\u2019s list throughout his time at the University.

\nBut his achievements are not restricted to the classroom. The captain has helped lead a team that has won three Atlantic 10 indoor championships and two A-10 outdoor titles. This year, he was the A-10 indoor weight throw champion and last year he won the A-10 hammer throw. Qualifying for the NCAA track and field championships three times, he was 18th in the hammer throw at the 2013 NCAA East Track and Field Preliminaries.<\/p>\n


\nJanes was one of six athletes who earned U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association All-Academic honors in July of 2014.<\/p>\n


\nIn addition he was one of 10 溏心vlog免费B站 student-athletes to be recognized at the Rhode Island House of Representatives for their academic and athletic achievements. He also earned second place honors in the weight throw at the 2012 New England Indoor Championship.<\/p>\n


\n\u201cSome of my favorite times were traveling to meets with my teammates,\u201d he said. <\/p>\n


\nBut his junior year was the most memorable. \u201cI was sick for a long time, but then things turned around for me late in the year, and I was able to win both the A10 and New England hammer throw. I was so proud and happy for me and my teammates,\u201d Janes said.<\/p>\n


\nHe strongly believes that winning team awards are much better than individual awards because the whole team experiences the feeling of victory.<\/p>\n


\nJanes feels that being an athlete and a student can be challenging. \u201cThere are a lot of late nights and caffeine that go into it.<\/p>\n


\nAcknowledging that student-athletes are motivated, Janes offered the following advice to his peers, \u201cEat your Wheaties and Stay Confident.\u201d<\/p>\n


\nThis press release was written by Sylvia Bogusz, a Communication Studies and Italian double major interning in the Department of Marketing and Communications.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Seniors like Newport\u2019s William Janes Jr. just get things done KINGSTON, R.I. \u2013 April 18, 2014 \u2013 An eloquent but quiet senior student-athlete was surprised earlier this year when he was chosen to address his peers, faculty and staff at the 溏心vlog免费B站\u2019s dean\u2019s list reception for athletes. William Janes Jr. has […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":58914,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-58912","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-archives"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58912","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=58912"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58912\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/58914"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=58912"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=58912"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=58912"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}