Kelly Bowman
After growing up in and around the University of Minnesota volleyball program, I knew at age nine that I wanted to play volleyball for the Golden Gophers. I told my parents at this early age that I was going to play Division I volleyball for the [
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Chris Brooks
The summer after my junior year in high school is when my recruiting story begins. I grew up in Robinson, a small town in Southern Illinois. Ever since I could remember I loved to play sports. From the time I was three years old I attended my [
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Marc Coburn
To start, I can tell you my recruiting process wasn’t an easy one. In fact, it was quite frustrating and I was lucky to come out of it at all. It’s pretty much one of those, “If I knew then what I know now” situations. I didn’t know what I needed to do to be recruited [
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Andrea Emmons
I am considered a late bloomer in the sport of volleyball. I leisurely entered practice two weeks into my eighth grade season. I was an avid runner at the time and hadn't even considered playing another sport. As I began to hone my skills in [
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Kara Griffiths
I more or less fell into playing water polo, but it was the best thing that ever happened to me. I started swimming at age four, and growing up played every sport I had an opportunity to play – tennis, soccer, softball, volleyball, golf, basketball... [
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Allie Kabat
Growing up, sports were always a large part of my life. My love of athletics comes from my parents and from watching my older sister excel in the sports she played. Wanting to be just like my big sister, I aspired to play soccer and basketball [
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TJ King
The summer before my senior year in high school is when my recruiting story begins. I am from Arlington Heights, IL, a large suburb of Chicago. Since the young age of seven I have been playing competitive soccer. From that moment on my love for the game of soccer only grew. [
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Brandon Liles
My only absolute in high school was that I would definitely attend college. The question was if I would play baseball, which I loved. I had no idea how to seek opportunities to play baseball in college. As a freshman and sophomore I received [
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Rick McDole
My recruiting story starts the summer after my freshman year in high school. I grew up in Ohio and it had always been my dream to play for The Ohio State University. I attended their summer camp and a coach from Buffalo University approached me [
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Ryan Newman
My recruiting story starts early on. I attended various “exposure camps” such as Michigan, Nebraska, and some professional sponsored ones as early as the age 12. From those camps your information was supposedly sent out to hundreds of colleges [
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Billy Porter
My recruiting story sure is a unique one. I was born in Miami, Florida and moved to Germany at age 8. I attend Wuerzburg American High School on a US Army Base. I grew up and started playing tennis at age four on the green clay courts [
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Amanda Rawson
Have you ever found yourself lost in a moment, a moment so loud and intense, it's deafening-time almost stops? It's the championship game & your standing at the free throw line, down by one, with no time left on the clock, sweat pouring down [
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Mike Sawicki
Coming out of high school I knew that I wanted to play college baseball. I was an above average player on my high school team but was not highly recruited during my junior and senior years so I decided to walk on at McHenry County College. [
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Jeff Schlicht
I started playing soccer at the age of five in a small recreational league in Lake Orion, Michigan. After trying baseball, basketball, and football I knew soccer was my sport. By age thirteen I made my way onto the best travel team in Michigan, Vardar Soccer Club. [
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Pat Sharrow
My recruiting story started when I was six years old. I attended my first Michigan game with my dad. I still remember where we were sitting and the feelings that I had in that stadium. These feelings lasted from pee-wee football throughout my senior year of high school. [
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Lisa Strasman
My senior year of high school was the most stressful time of my life. I was a 17-year-old kid, and all I knew was that I wanted to play hockey in college. Hockey was my passion and my life revolved around this sport. I HAD to play college [
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Lori Tanaka
Ever since I could remember, basketball has been a part of my life. It's a love that I can never seem to get over. Being born and raised in Chicago, I idolized Michael Jordan and wanted to be the female version of him, dreaming of playing for the [
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Lissa von Brecht
As long as I can remember, sports have always been an important part of my life. I grew up in Florida, so tennis was something that I was almost required to play. I started at a young age, while I was also participating in gymnastics and soccer. [
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Matt Webb
Playing college football was a passion since as long as I can remember. Growing up on the west coast, I had dreams of suiting up for UCLA and the University of Washington. By the end of my senior season, my high school football coach told me [
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Joyce Wellhoefer
As a high school senior, I was seeking the right fit to further my education and continue playing sports. At the time, there were limited scholarship opportunities for women and I had little to no knowledge of the recruiting process. [
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