Taten Merrill '22 Recruiting Profile

Going into the 2022-23 season my mental health was on the decline due to a lot of personal reasons. I decided to stop playing soccer in high school that season and try out track. To which I excelled extremely setting 2 school records in the 100m and 200m, during that time my club coach Dan Cox convinced me to play with the Utah State University team on the side where I was enrolled in collegiate classes in high school I was able to do so. Instead of taking a senior season in high school, I decided to play against multiple D1 level teams and started most of my games and playing all game going into the end of the season. Ever since that experience I have been more confident than ever in my ability and training harder than I ever have before. I just need to be given one chance.