And also being right on the lake , I know it's cold a lot of the year , but for those months that it's not quite as cold , it's so nice to have the lake right here . I think from playing at the college level , I've become a much better tennis player because everyone at this level is very talented and works extremely hard to get to where they are today . So there's no match that is not extremely challenging .
Um , and I think that injuries just come up very frequently for me , but I think it's definitely taught me how to overcome them and how to come back tougher . During recruiting in high school , I really didn't know where I wanted to go to college . I knew I wanted to go D1 , I knew I wanted to get A good education .
Hi , I'm Kylie Rab Johns . I'm a senior on the women's tennis team at Northwestern University , and you can check me out at Next Level Prep .
And I think I want to just use that to my advantage and maybe see some new places , travel with some friends . I think my advice for younger athletes who want to go D1 is to understand that it's going to be tough to get there . And You have to make sure that you are enjoying it every part of the way , or the entire experience just will not be as fun as it seems .
But he ended up learning about the game from YouTube and the Tennis Channel , and coaching me all the way until college . I think something in juniors that really helped me was playing as many matches as I could . My dad would always take me to tournaments , and we didn't travel that far .
