Still being smart in your play and placing the ball well , but overall just being ready to bear and kind of go with that more physical game . Main goals , especially for me and the team , we want to win a national championship this year and every year after that . Um , USC is such a special program because we've won so many in the past for the years that beach volleyball has been an NCAA sport , and we train hard , we're ready to go after it and so yeah , that's my goal especially is to be as good as I possibly can be for my team , um , to give everyone the opportunity of winning that national title because .
There's many pieces of really good advice I've been given over time , but probably my favorite one that stuck with me the most , especially through college , is that progress isn't linear . And everything is kind of just a stepping stone towards your goal . There's a lot of really important things that develop an athlete that all go into training , especially this summer and as of late I've really been focused on nutrition and Overall well rounded health , um , just sleeping enough , getting enough nutrients enough protein , and just keeping an overall active lifestyle even outside of your school workouts , your school practices , just going for walks , going to other workout classes and kind of just being able to maintain that balance of both athletics and healthy lifestyle .
Um , USC is such a special program because we've won so many in the past for the years that beach volleyball has been an NCAA sport , and we train hard , we're ready to go after it and so yeah , that's my goal especially is to be as good as I possibly can be for my team , um , to give everyone the opportunity of winning that national title because . The work comes from everyone and you can't have some outliers while the rest of the team is focused on the central goal . So yeah , I think coming into this next season just kind of all gas and going for every opportunity and really just pushing myself to be the best possible person and .
So yeah , I think coming into this next season just kind of all gas and going for every opportunity and really just pushing myself to be the best possible person and . So that my team can do and have the best outcome . I've always on the academic side been more into STEM , and honestly it was because of my involvement in sports and injuries actually , which led me to go into biomedical engineering , which is what I'm currently studying at USC .
So I think it's really important whether you're maybe a shy person or you're not as kind of outgoing and you're not as confident in yourself . I think it's still really important to push yourself outside of that box and even in practices challenging yourself to maybe . Something you're not good at because that's the only way you can get better so I think yeah just overall really being open to what other people are saying , being open to feedback like being open to almost criticizing yourself if you're watching a film like see and know when OK maybe that wasn't the right move .
