And just focusing on my process and how much better am I getting every day , not necessarily , oh well , this person's better than me or this person's worse than me , because at the end of the day it's my journey and my process and how I became a collegiate athlete . So my recruitment process , I think , was definitely hard . I think anyone who's gone through the recruiting process knows how .
So my recruitment process , I think , was definitely hard . I think anyone who's gone through the recruiting process knows how . Um , tiring , how time managing it can be just having to , um , I did a lot of emailing coaches , went to camps , all of that .
My coaches saw me play at One tournament in California the summer before my junior year , I came on a visit here at the beginning of my junior year and this just had everything that I wanted in a university and a softball program in a community and so that's ultimately what led me to committing here . One piece of advice that I would give to athletes who are just starting the recruiting process or are currently going through it right now is just know your worth and know that no matter kind of what anyone says , like you're a great softball player and the recruiting process can be hard . There's going to be a lot of ups and a lot of downs , but ultimately know your worth , know what kind of school you want to go to , what kind of program you want to go to , and pick a school that loves you for you .
Um , tiring , how time managing it can be just having to , um , I did a lot of emailing coaches , went to camps , all of that . I started at relatively a young age , depends on who you're asking , but I went to my first college camp in 8th grade , so I was on the recruiting process journey for about , I would say 3 years before I could actually talk to a coach , and it kind of led me here . My coaches saw me play at One tournament in California the summer before my junior year , I came on a visit here at the beginning of my junior year and this just had everything that I wanted in a university and a softball program in a community and so that's ultimately what led me to committing here .
One of the biggest challenges I think that I faced . Kind of pre-college and going through the recruiting process and even kind of before I got here was just again kind of self-doubt and kind of comparing myself to others , especially the nature of my sport and I think sports in general is it's kind of always a comparison game of who's doing better , who's doing worse , all of that , and so that's something that I really had to focus on . And just focusing on my process and how much better am I getting every day , not necessarily , oh well , this person's better than me or this person's worse than me , because at the end of the day it's my journey and my process and how I became a collegiate athlete .
