Sophomore, Ryan Edens on the difference between being a freshman and one year older

I’m Ryan Edens and it’s my sophomore year here at Fredonia State and it’s been great to be back. It's great to be back because I already know the drill with everything. Not everything is new so I feel like there’s not much stress and I was able to get right back into it. Me and Palmy (teammate, Tyler Palmerton)are the only 2 returning guys living on campus this year, we had stuff stored here over the summer so it was easy to unpack and get our room set up, we didn’t have to go to Wal-Mart and do the dorm room shopping we did last year. We got a good little set up with the TV on top of the fridge and have been taking advantage of syllabus week by playing a lot of ‘chel’ on the Xbox. I still stink but I’m getting better.

I’d say being reunited with all the boys is definitely the best part, catching up and hearing about everyone's summer break. We have 9 freshmen this year and they seem like a real good group of guys. I’ve learned all their names now and me and Palmy have been helping them get adjusted to the dorm life, answering some of their questions about dining halls and workouts and such that I had last year. It feels good to know what I’m doing and to be able to help.

Classes have started out well; it was good being able to kind of know what classes to try and get into and not be so overwhelmed by the registering for class’s part. We got on the ice yesterday and had a fun scrimmage. Playing hockey again with the boys is the best way to end a day of classes and I don’t have any night classes this year so that’s exactly what I do. So far the second year of my college experience is going well and look forward to keeping it going.