Payten Schmidt '21 Recruiting Profile

My collegiate aspirations would be to play for a D2/D3 school, so I can get more playing time and still focus on my studies. I have continued to play travel soccer my first year of college. I am a good candidate because I am always looking to improve, I never let anything stop me from achieving my goals, and I always put the team first. I am a team player and look to lead the team from the keeper position and I pride myself in being able to help my team to adapt to each teams playing style. I am different from other recruits because I am well rounded in sports and am academically driven. I push myself to the best of my ability on the field and in the class room.  I am willing to sacrifice myself to help the team succeed. I am someone who likes to connect with the team, I believe that this is one of the only ways we can truly succeed and go as far as possible. If we don't play as a team, we play selfishly and try to push ourselves up instead of passing the ball to someone who has a better opportunity. But with that also has to come the compitetion and drive we recieve from our fellow teammates, those are the people that we spend most of our days with, therefore are the people who will push our boundries while supporting us in the process. This is what I believe makes a true team and is what I won't stop pushing for.