Natasha Kellogg '14 Recruiting Profile

I live to help others, to teach, to inspire, to evoke wonder. I love to learn new things and share with others what I have discovered. I'm an avid writer; I’d rather create a new world instead of falling into someone else’s. I like to get into peoples’ heads and find out how they tick and why they think the way they do. That’s why I have a strong interest in English, Education, and Psychology. When I learn something new about them, I’ll connect them in clever ways or use them in a innovative way to win over a debate or something. No matter what I end up doing in the long-run, I know I want to be an author on the side. Whether I become some kind of teacher, a counselor, or a tech expert, I strive to be the best at whatever I become.

These attitudes also come out on the court. Volleyball is very much a mental game also. I’ve been playing volleyball since I was five, and have always set a goal to be better than the day before. Every time that the skill level steps up around me, I take that step and then some, whatever it takes. When I do something wrong, I think it over for only a split second, find out what went wrong and apply the correction to it; and then drop the error and forget it like it never happened—to build on the positive. It’s an extremely effective mind-set, and a rare number of people have it. I just see each mistake as a rotten potato, and I can either put it in my sack of mistakes and carry it on my back (and eventually they will start wearing me down), or I can see what’s wrong with it and throw it away. Then again, when I do a great job with something, I can center myself around it and build from it. Like saying, “I did this well, but I can do it better.”

Overall, I have a passion for the game, but I don’t take my eye off of my educational goals. I love to learn, I love to improve. Whatever I end up doing, I strive to do it the best that I can.