Anna Flanders '24 Recruiting Profile

Hi I’m Anna Flanders I attend  Albany High School as an 11th grade student in Albany NY. I am the only diver on the Albany High School Varsity swim and dive team which I feel pushes me harder to prove my worth and succeed. I started my career when I retired from gymnastics due to injuries. With Gymnastics I developed a structured mindset that I channeled into making me a very determined, disciplined, hard worker and highly competitive student athlete. I give my best in every activity I choose to be involved with. At practice, the suggestions my coach and teammates make keep me in a positive attitude and if one person on the team is positive, we all are. I love forming a bond with my teammates, coaches, and swim/ dive families because it’s all one big community and without their support I wouldn’t be half the athlete I am today. Diving for Full Out Dive Club has exposed me to a whole new world of athletics that I have taken in and used to start building my platform. By platform I don’t intend on becoming famous or anything, only to spread awareness of this amazing sport and who I am. Being a person of color in a sport where I am definitely the minority (high school level mostly) has forced me to always be on top of my game and be the best because I feel as if I’m representing my whole community and their worth as well. My dream career is one where I can assist animals and people, whether it’s rehabilitating and training animals or guiding people towards a better path in life. I haven’t found a career specific enough that also could support me economically in the animal science category yet. But as for helping people I believe psychology would fit me just right. Thank you for reading my essay and I hope you enjoyed learning a little about me.