Jennifer Barba '21 Recruiting Profile

Over my years of being an athlete I have learned how to have more mental toughness.  I encountered having a low rate of mental toughness at the age of 12 when I ran the L.A. Marathon. I wanted to give up at mile 19 and I told myself I could not finish it. However, during the process of trying to finish, I learned that I could not give up on something because it was hard and tiring. I learned that I had to push through it because I had trained for so long and it wasn't worth giving it all up. Since then I have learned that you must have faith and perseverance. I've learned that to be a champion, that only through losses and mistakes do you learn to improve yourself.