Personal Statement
In seventh grade track, I competed in five events. Then my coach said, "I want you to try pole vault. Here's a pole, have fun." I was in shock and clueless on where to begin. Three years later, I'm a sophomore in high school without any real coaching in my pole vault career besides trial and error in technique, and some help from YouTube. I ended my sophomore year with a 12'0" vault. Now a senior finishing at only 12’10”, I’m finding it hard to let the sport go. I’m attending Oklahoma state University this fall and would like to learn about the walk-on program.