So that motivated the entire off season , but also the support of the people that have won it , they knew what it took and each day they would push us because we now have a target on our backs going into the season and everybody wants to , to beat Wisconsin . So it was definitely a challenge . And then playing in the playoffs this year , we had great leadership , uh , people that knew what we needed to do to win and they really helped lead us in the right direction and unfortunately fell one goal short of a national championship .
So that was something that , that I used , you know , as motivation and that I would , uh that I remembered and try to be as consistent as possible . I think the hardest challenge in high school that I faced was not being complacent . There were a lot of years where , you know , I was a top player and there weren't a lot of people pushing me at some practices , but , you know , I went from chasing the pace car to being the pace car and that was something that I had to get comfortable with doing .
And , uh , my recruiting process , what I saw in Wisconsin that really fit me was the academics are great here . It was close to home , but I knew I was gonna be challenged every day because some of the players I'm playing with are competing at the highest level for team USA and I knew that they were gonna push me and that was something that was really appealing to me . Um , you know , somebody who may be pursuing , you know , d one sports and athletics , the biggest thing is you have to be confident going into the recruiting process .
If he wants a goal , then you have to work backwards and find out what you're gonna do today to reach that goal . You can't do ordinary things and expect unique results . So if you really want it , you have to match your actions with that passion .
I think the hardest challenge in high school that I faced was not being complacent . There were a lot of years where , you know , I was a top player and there weren't a lot of people pushing me at some practices , but , you know , I went from chasing the pace car to being the pace car and that was something that I had to get comfortable with doing . And , but I would set what we used to call micro goals and I would , so each practice , I think I want to score 10 goals .
