Jayriah Yazzie '21 Recruiting Profile

Growing up I have always felt the want and need to be good at everything I do. In junior high, I used to be a mediocre student until I looked to my friends and noticed their straight A's. This inspired me as I wanted to do good in school as well. From that very moment I made it a goal of mine to keep straight A's in school. From 8th grade to now, 12th grade, I have still kept my word. 

As a novice runner newly introduced to Cross Country my sophomore year, I would always admire the Varsity runners; the way they ran every race as if there was no tomorrow and would sprint to the finish line as if their life depended on it, but at the same time, they made it look so graceful. And I would think to myself "I want to be just like them". In setting that very goal for myself I went from being a novice, Junior Varsity Cross Country runner with a 30 minute 5k, to titling a Varsity Cross Country captain, with a 23 minute 5k time whilst overcoming a hip injury. As for Track, I used to be just another runner on the team, but after having committed myself to running, I was a name the coaches couldn't keep out their mouths as they would recognize my improvement. Though I have been able to achieve my goal to run at the Varsity level, I know it in my heart that I am capable of so much more. 

Having been a student athlete for years, it is stapled to my mind that you cannot have athletics without academics. With that very factor I have skilled great time management in maintaining good grades in school, as well as improving myself in sports. What drives me to do so well in everything I do is inspiration. Just as my straight A friends inspired me to have straight A's myself, I want to inspire others. And just as the Varsity runners had inspired me to become a Varsity runner myself, I want to inspire others.