The Mind in the Middle
Time management and determination have helped David Castillo excel on the football field and in the classroom
By Frank J. Matthews
Adults regularly ask children what they want to be when they grow up. The responses are often interesting. But David Castillo knew exactly what he wanted to do with his life, even at a young age. And now he’s well on his way to accomplishing his childhood dream.
“I’ve known since I was five years old that I wanted to become a doctor,” says Castillo, a center for the Florida State University Seminoles’ football team and Diverse’s Arthur Ashe Jr. Male Sports Scholar of the Year. He has long excelled at both academics and athletics. The senior earned a bachelor’s in exercise science in the fall of 2004 and is currently working on a second degree in dietetics. In addition, he’s taken the MCAT, the medical school entrance exam, and is considering medical school in the fall.
It didn’t take much research for FSU’s coaches and staff to realize that Castillo was the quintessential student-athlete.
