Miah Kenny '24 Recruiting Profile

I come from a family of four. Four very different people, but all similarly competitive. My younger brother and I have been involved in sports since a very young age. We competed in whatever the top level of the sport we were participating in allowed. When I say 'competitive' I mean that the goal is to win. When I say 'competitive' I mean that the work and time is put in to achieve the goal. Winning is not and should not be handed out, it should be earned specifically when people aren't watching. My dad taught me that aggression at times is good and is needed. My mom taught me to treat people the way that I want to be treated. Both of my parents taught me that if I don't work hard enough to get what I want that I'm leaving the results, my success, up to someone else's opinion, idea or decision. The people in my life have made me who I am.

There have been setbacks and difficult times. I've had to sit on the bench and support my team. I've lost important matches. I've made critical mistakes in games. All of those things have helped me grow, they've sharpened my perspective and taught me humility. The things that don't go your way make up more of who you are than the things that do go your way.

Throughout my childhood we were always busy. As the seasons changed the focus changed. There were always practices, workouts, games and matches. I've participated in track, softball, basketball, volleyball, and wrestling. As I transitioned into high school, softball and track, where I compete in pole vault and high jump, have ended up being the sports that I focus on and enjoy. I've played for a two-time state champion softball team. I've been invited to the area showcase for track the last three years. Wrestling, however, has been where I feel I've found who I am and who I can be.

One of my friends talked me into wrestling my Sophomore year when it became sanctioned in our state. Initially my dad was against it. He was a wrestler in high school, my brother had been wrestling since he was five and my dad knew that I was going to immediately be playing from behind. Most of those worries changed with my very first match. I know my family has enjoyed watching me grow as a wrestler, as an athlete, but more so as a person. I had to learn on the fly while battling the top ranked girls and giving everything in practice and in the weight room. I love wrestling and everything that comes with it. I love what it's done for me mentally, emotionally and physically. Every AAU dual that I've attended I've achieved All-American status. I've place both of the last two years at state (5^th & Runner-up) and plan on winning a state championship this year. 

It's hard to fully explain what wrestling has personally done for me. There's a lot. Last year I had the opportunity to go to Florida and wrestle. During last year's high school season I intentionally went into a weight class with a wrestler that was named pound for pound the best wrestler in the state while other wrestlers avoided her. She ended up being my only three losses last season, but those weren't really losses. Those matches were irreplaceable experiences that I'm not only using this season, but that I'll use in future seasons and in future situations. Those matches showed me what my dad taught me is true, when it's you versus what everyone believes is a foregone conclusion, you have to be aggressive and you have to attack it. I've carried that into this season as I've come across and had to wrestle the next group of talented wrestlers in my weight class.