Iain Walsh '20 Recruiting Profile

My love for volleyball comes from my dad he's been playing since his late teens. He has always pushed me to play at my school or a club team, but I was never interested, I always thought it was a "girls sport" I was so wrong. 

I was homeschooled my whole life and have always had a passion for all kinds of sports, basketball, baseball, and football. My sophomore year was my first year in an actual school.

I planned on playing basketball, and baseball that year, but life had other ideas. I was cut from basketball, and decided not to try out for baseball as I wanted to play basketball in the spring to get prepared for next year. During this same time I had to take a gym class and I was scheduled for a volleyball class taught by one of the best teachers I have ever had. She really shined a new light on the sport and gave me a a whole new perceptive on it.  My friend who was on the team pushed me to tryout for the volleyball team, but I was still not fully convinced. That was until we had a sand volleyball trip with our class and another class which had basically all the volleyball players from the team on it. I really had a connection with the sport that day and with the people, and on that day I knew I was going to play the following year.

This past season was my first season playing with my school team and I made varsity and started at middle it was a pretty good season. I knew after my first practice I had a passion for this game, unlike any other sport I've played. I enjoyed every aspect of volleyball, and made sure I gave everything my all. Volleyball is a game I want to be playing for years to come and I know I will do whatever it takes to play at the next level.