My mom runs one of the biggest AU programs in New England and so she has a lot of great relationships with different college coaches and so having her help me navigate that process too is super helpful and You know , for some other teammates who maybe had a different journey , they were reaching out to schools or emailing schools on their own , and I think that is something that is super critical to just remember in the recruiting process is that truly every single player's journey is entirely different . My journey . is so different from my brother's journey or my best friend's journey .
My journey . is so different from my brother's journey or my best friend's journey . And so , you know , my process was particularly smooth , and I didn't have too much stress navigating it , but you also just never know what could happen .
However , you know , I think that I personally had to do what was in my best interest at the time , and you make decisions with all the information that you have and your feelings and emotion at the time . And when you look back in hindsight , obviously that there are things that you would maybe change , but I am just super blessed that I am where I am now , and I think that every journey that you go on is meant to teach you something and Every time I've transferred or had to move to a new state or a new school , I think that I've grown exponentially as a person and just become so much better from it , whether it's been learning from new teammates or new coaches and just adapting different basketball philosophies . I feel like my knowledge of the game and just knowledge of how to be a good teammate and leader has grown a ton throughout .
Yeah , so in high school , in terms of my recruiting process and just getting recognized by college coaches , I was pretty fortunate to have an AAU program that played on the Under Armour circuit . So we were constantly traveling all around the country , all throughout high school , playing in front of tons of different college coaches since I was probably in 7th grade . So luckily that process wasn't too difficult for me because coaches would send me letters or reach out to me and I was able to then have that dialogue directly back to them .
So once I got here and really met the entire coaching staff and some of the girls on the team and just spent some time in Madison , I was like , this is exactly where I want to be for the next 2 years and this is where I want . Family to come and even though it's not necessarily home by location , it has become that by the people and just the atmosphere . So I'm super grateful that I decided to take the jump , even though it was maybe a little bit more uncomfortable , but I feel like it was the right decision .
