My passion for sports goes back to as long as I can remember. Growing up, there was always sports on my TV, so I couldn’t help but become interested in it all. I started playing soccer around 5 years old and didn’t stop playing until high school. I started playing basketball in 2nd grade, and I still play to this day. I played lacrosse and baseball for my high school team, never having played those sports before. After high school, I fell in love with the sport of volleyball. My friends and I would go to a rec center every Monday and Wednesday for pickup volleyball, and we did this so many times that I lost count. For the longest time I wanted to be a professional athlete. First I wanted to go pro in soccer, then basketball, then lacrosse, and now volleyball. Being a professional athlete has been a lifelong dream of mine but unfortunately I tore my ACL in the fall of 2023 and have had a tough time getting back into the swing of things.