Ariel Johnson '15 Recruiting Profile

I am Ariel Johnson I am talented and hard-working on the basketball court and also as a student with a 3.4 GPA.  Honor student at McAuley High School and actively involved in 5 different clubs.  I am also open to new and different things. I joined the basketball team my freshman and sophomore year I did not get the chance to play as much minutes as the other people on my team.  This took a big blow to my self-confidence, when it came to basketball.  I began to feel like maybe I wasn’t good enough to play or maybe I should just quit.  Going into my junior year I did not know what to expect.  My school was getting a new coach, I did not know what to expect.  This coach pushed me to be a better player, and to believe in myself again.  I started that year riding the bench and not playing at all.  But by the end of the year I became the sixth player on my team.  I was the player they looked to go in the game and play like a starter fresh off the bench.  Over the summer I worked on my game and self-motivated myself to become the player I knew I could be. I am extremely proud to say that this year my senior year I am a starter and I do not take my position as a starter lightly.  I work hard every day to improve myself and my teammate.  And when a teammate or even my self is having a bad day I make sure they don’t get down on their selves.  I believe that this makes me stand out from other players.