um , for me personally I'm trying to put on a little bit more weight so like getting an extra protein , extra carbs like . Drinking shakes after practices that type of thing , so my recruitment process would have was a little bit different . Um , I had the potential to be able to skip a grade at an early age and I did so I'm a year ahead of where I should be technically I should be going into my sophomore year this year , so I'm young for a junior , um , and so getting used to getting recruited and talking with coaches out of high school was a unique experience for me .
My experience with the NCAA tournament was fun . Um , we went through the process of being selected like them showing it on TV and everything like that . We're excited to go and play .
I feel like getting in the additional sessions in the . Room like with my coaches with my trainers getting in extra individuals with my coaches was something that was really big for me that played out in games um my transfer process was a lot smoother than coming out of high school um this time around I was able to ask the right questions um at in talking with my coaches just get a better feel for the team atmosphere and the chemistry that was gonna be there also paying attention to the way that you're gonna be played , the way that you're gonna be used coming out of high school is gonna be important . I feel like in asking the right questions a lot of times coming out of high school when you start hearing people talk about the money piece in the NIO um it can change your perspective on a school and it can kind of blur the lines on some things so I feel like keeping the main thing the main thing like .
Um , we also ended up playing at UConn , which is an arena that I hadn't played in just being in the SEC , um , so being able to see all the banners , all the national championships that they brought to the game was very important to me . Now with NIL there's a lot of opportunity for kids when they go to college so I say building that presence in high school , middle school , like wherever you wanna start building that presence now is extremely important . You're only giving yourself more opportunity for when you get to college to make it that much easier .
Um , I feel like no matter what level you're trying to reach , being a good person is important , so responding to text messages like having energy on your calls with coaches , that type of thing is very important and continuing those connections going into college . Some advice that I would give to you guys , I would say to have a plan going into it . So for me personally , I make vision boards .
