Rachel Hernandez
Since grade school, I was a three-sport athlete in cross county, basketball and track & field. It wasn’t until my senior year of high school that I found myself unsure about my future in athletics. I knew that I wanted to run in college but the steps I needed to take to achieve my goal were [
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Matt Roe
As a high school student I really did not focus on the recruiting process until after my senior football season was over. Up until that point, I just wanted to focus on the season at hand and help my team succeed. However this "focus" put me in danger of falling behind others in the recruiting process. I made [
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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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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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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
As a high school student athlete I was fortunate to be a part of an outstanding high school football program. During my high school career we made three appearances in the Ohio High School State playoffs, comprising a 34-4 record throughout my career.
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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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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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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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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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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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