When I was asked what advice I would want to share with the next generation of volleyball players, the first thoughts that popped into my head were the typical ones: don’t lose the love of the game, remember that there is life after volleyball, all that good stuff. But when I sat down to write this and really did some thinking, I settled on something else.
Don’t be afraid to follow the opportunities that this wonderful game brings you...
Read MoreFrom a very young age I became a goal setter, and extremely competitive in the process. I have two older siblings, so if my sister swam a particular race, I wanted to swim it faster. If my brother could eat 17 canned plums, I set a goal to eat 18 (and then get sick, with my grandma vowing to never feed us plums again). When my friends started taking the ACT, I wanted to have the highest score.
In my volleyball journey, the first goal I can remember started in my 8th grade year...
Read MoreWhen I was younger, I had dreamed of playing volleyball at a division one university. But not just any division one school, I wanted to be playing at one of the top conferences in the nation like the Pac-12, SEC, Big 10, Big 12, etc. While I had this dream in my mindset, my life took a turn of events that I was not expecting at all. Two years, one regional championship, and a 3rd place at nationals later and I soon found myself getting recruited and offered a full ride scholarship to a division one university...
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