Growing up sports played a significant role in my life. Since grade school, I was a three sport athlete in cross county, basketball and track & field. It wasn’t until my senior year of high school that I found myself unsure about my future in sports. I knew that I wanted to run in college but the steps I needed to take to achieve my goal were a mystery. During my senior year of high school I developed a stronger passion for running. I was finally seeing the results of my hard work pay off and I wanted to find a cross country/track program that would help me reach my full potential. At the time I knew very little about recruiting but I did know that I needed to come up with a way to get coaches to notice me. I decided that I couldn’t sit back any longer and wait for coaches to contact me, I needed to be pro-active. I began to develop a list of colleges I was interested in and sent each coach a personalized letter expressing my interest in their program. Due to my efforts I was lucky to have found a college and a cross country/track program that suited my needs. I decided to attend the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign where I rose from freshman walk-on to scholarship athlete by sophomore year.

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