Nikoleta Lera '23 Recruiting Profile

Since i was 6 my love for soccer and being a champion increased everyday. In my career as a student so far, that success has been mostly related to

schoolwork and soccer experience, but i try to apply these principles to my life aswell. Last year was my first year playing soccer in New York for a

high school. Since I started my coach had his hopes on me. He was not wrong because me and my teamates helped the team make the play offs for

the first time since 2008. The whole season i tried to be the best example for my team. I played as a center back the whole season but that didnt

stop me to be the best scorer. I played with a great team back home in Albania. One moth after i moved to U.S. the National Team of Albania

offered me to try out for the team but unfortunately I was not there. My hopes went down because at that time the world was shut down because

of Covid-19. I was locked and started gaining weight because there as no activity to keep me away from it. After a couple months we moved to New

York but the state was still in a lock down mode and there was no sports activity. August 2021 was when i started the season for the school and I

was very excited because it was my first time to play in U.S. We started our season and that were i got my hopes up again and said to myself that i

can do it. I can do it in another level, college. There was people who doubted on me and said that im never gonna play in college. I never said

something back to them because actions speak louder than words.