By Matt Browning
According to Michael Kucera, the head football coach at Wichita North, Sam Doell is a valuable asset to the program in a variety of ways.
“Sam is a player that is one of the leaders on my Leadership Counsel,” Kucera said. “He is constantly lifting his teammates up and doing the right thing. He is model of high character on and off the field.”
Being on the Leadership Council is not only an honor, Doell said, but a necessary function as well.
“We operate as a connection between the coaches and the players,” Doell said. “As leaders, we help communicate things that the coaches don’t hear or things that aren’t being said at all.”
Doell said that being a leader is more than just words.
“The important thing is to keep your grind on like everyone else and compete with your teammates, but at the same time having the strength help them alongside you,” Doell said.
Having superior physical attributes is impressive, but having high character that garners the respect of your teammates is far more important to Doell.
“Why do you do what you do? What are your morals?” Doell asked. “Those are the questions that separate good character from bad.”
Doell recognizes there might be better players than him, but he makes his impact felt as a player by giving full effort on every play.
“I am not the best at anything, (except maybe long snapping), but I give high effort to everything I do when I’m in-between the whites,” Doell said. “It infects everyone around me until we are all infatuated with being our best.”
