Sofia Currie '16 Recruiting Profile

My top collegiate goals are to academically pursue my interest in the brain, to participate in the two loves of my life (music and athletics), and to enjoy my college experience.

I think that one thing that sets me apart from many other athletes is my age.  Due to academically skipping a year and my birthday I have been competing against girls that are generally far older than I am. For example, I made the varsity track team as a sophomore and I was 14.  During the track meets, I was regularly competing against girls that were 4 or even 5 years older than I was.  I never let this fact get to me and I learned the importance of focusing on your own private goals, to not be discouraged, to always look at things in context but to also not make excuses.  I feel that this has made me a stronger person in general and my desire to "make up" for my age differential makes me a better competitor.