And that was something that they saw as unique and that was something that made me stay . 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 .
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 . There's a lot of people that may doubt you , that may not think you're , you're good enough , but you have to be confident in yourself and , and not believe and not let that doubt seek into your mind .
There's a lot of people that may doubt you , that may not think you're , you're good enough , but you have to be confident in yourself and , and not believe and not let that doubt seek into your mind . If you , if ad one scholarship is your goal , you have to create a plan of attack . You , you have to work backwards .
So I would wish I knew that , you know , to surround myself with people better than I am and kind of have that humility to realize that I'm not the best , but I wanna get better . Coming into a national championship team was , it was very motivating because in the summer , we would see the national championship poster that was in the hallway . Every time we'd walk to the rink , I'd see it .
So I didn't think I had as much growth as I possibly could have , but I had the most growth and I got it so much better when I was around people that were better than I was . And I was able to learn from them and just pick their brain on what helped them become so successful . It's a lot easier to , to push yourself when you're chasing somebody versus running alone .
