Mason Wright

Mason Wright

“I remember wearing a terrible outfit that made me look like a complete idiot… to this day I still do not know why I chose to wear what I wore, but then again, who really knows why we do the things we do? I was also very nervous going into the high school, since there were so many people I didn’t even know and had never seen before. But other than that, I thought the school was pretty cool, since it was a new environment, and I really enjoyed it,” said senior Mason Wright of his first day of high school in 2018.

Since then, Wright has come a long way. Now a senior, Wright has excelled in football and track, earning Varsity spots for both sports for the past 3 years. More recently, Wright considered offers to play football in college from schools such as the University of Saint Francis, Quincy University, Lake Forest College, Benedictine University, Greenville University and, North Central College before deciding to fully commit to Lake Forest College, where he will attend in the fall, aiming to graduate in 2026.

As for a major area of study, Wright is going in undecided.

“I am mostly looking forward to being able to spend time with my friends and being able to have freedom in college while also being able to play a sport I love. Football has impacted me a lot through high school: it has made me very excited to go to college, and also very excited to be able to play football in college which has been one of my longest dreams,” said Wright.

Lake Forest College is Division 3 for football, as well as a member of the Midwest Conference, in which they hold 6 conference titles.

Although he is a notable wide receiver now, Wright started off as “a shy guy, to say the least.”

Over the past 4 years, Wright has developed confidence and built relationships.

“Now, I am a very vocal person with many friendships that I intend to keep as I go off to college. I used to be worried about talking to people and making friends, since I didn’t know what people would think of me. I was worried that people would think I was really weird, and I would never make any friends, but once I got over that I was able to make so many amazing friends.”

Moving forward, Wright said, “The biggest piece of advice that I can give to incoming freshmen is don’t care or worry about what people are going to think of you: people will like you for who you are.”