Florida Tech Panther Scholar-Athlete Spotlight Recognizes Swimmer Joshua Cajuste

Cajuste is majoring in Computer Science

BREVARD COUNTY • MELBOURNE, FLORIDA – Being a scholar-athlete at Florida Tech takes an incredible amount of hard work and dedication to excel both in the classroom and on the field. We caught up with Panther men’s swimmer Joshua Cajuste, a sophomore majoring in Computer Science, for this edition of Scholar-Athlete Spotlight.

Originally from Lauderhill, Florida, Joshua’s top finish this past season came at the January 27th meet vs. Lynn in which he finished fifth in the 100 Free.

Joshua joined us to talk about what made him choose Florida Tech and how he wants to use his education.

Tell us a little bit about your major, what made you choose it and what do you want to do with it?

When I was growing up my dad worked in computers, he’s more into IT, and kind of seeing him do those things, it made me want to go to the field as well and I’m hoping that when I eventually graduate, I’m able to get a job doing coding because I do love doing it.

Given how often swimming have to practice, what works for you to budget time for your class work?

I think it starts with picking your schedule because obviously, if you have the right classes at the right time, it makes it easier to designate what time you should leave for studying and what time you should be leaving for whatever else you want to do.

For the most part with my schedule, I have maybe three to four hours before I go to bed where I can study or take a break or do whatever I’d like before I have to get ready for practice in the morning.

What are some things you need to get the most out of study time? Do you have a playlist or need to be by yourself in a room?

For the most part, I prefer to just stay in my room, throw on a playlist and grind it out. It helps me get through my classes the most and it’s worked so far, so I’ll probably just keep doing it.

How has being a collegiate athlete prepared you for what you’re doing now and are there lessons from the pool that you apply to your studies?

I feel like one thing swimming definitely taught the most was just getting through it, even if it’s pretty difficult, because obviously in our sport, we don’t necessarily want to wake up at five in the morning to go to practice or go to two practices a day every time but we still do it just because we know it will make us better.

So, relating that back to schoolwork, obviously, if an assignment is difficult it’s like, “oh, put it off,” but doing those things in swimming has helped me make sure I actually do the assignments.

What advice would you give to an athlete coming to Florida Tech that has an interest in Computer Science?

I’d definitely say emphasize time management, try not to procrastinate too much. Some of the classes may seem hard, but once you know it, it’s pretty easy from there.

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