VIKING MAGAZINE: What is playing sports like at a private school compared to a public school?
JACK DEVINE: I haven’t witnessed it firsthand, but from what I’ve heard, I think it’s a bit more of a commitment if you’re playing a private school sport.
VM: How so?
JD: With Bellarmine Football, during the summer, it’s every single day twice a day five days a week. And then during the season we have morning practices Monday and Wednesday from 6:30 to 8 [am], and practice after school from 3 to 5:30 [pm]. It’s a lot.
VM: Why did you decide to go to Bellarmine?
JD: Summer going into 8th grade, one of my best friends from lacrosse told me all about Bellarmine. I literally had no clue about it until he told me about it and my parents loved it. I wasn’t so sure. So I took the test, I got in and my parents really really wanted me to go so I decided to go there and I do not regret the decision at all.
VM: What was your college recruiting process like?
JD: I’ve been trying to get recruited since 8th grade and I’ve been going to tournaments on the east coast, trying to make a name for myself. Last summer was the summer where I finally got attention from college coaches. I got offers from Marquette, UMass and Loyola. It’s a hard decision to decide where you’re going to go to school but I think Marquette’s a really good fit for me because I visited, I know a lot about it, it kind of seems like the perfect fit for me.