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Your recruitment process may have been different due to the impact of COVID-19, but it's important to remember that everyone's journey is unique. Regardless of the circumstances, it seems like you had a positive experience and found a place that felt like home to you. If you have any specific questions or concerns about your recruitment process, feel free to ask and I'd be happy to help in any way I can.

Malia Samuels | USC Basketball

And then I also took a yoga class where we would meditate , um , so those are just some of the things that I practice with my mental health . I feel like my recruitment process is different than a lot of people because COVID was kind of in the middle of it . um , I started playing on a 17U like .

Malia Samuels | USC Basketball

Every single topic that we talked about I think like your social media and you're building your brand can be different look different than anybody else . I feel like my recruiting journey looked different than anybody else's and yours can look different from anybody else's . Um , I think me getting injured my journey was different than .

Malia Samuels | USC Basketball

I mean , I was OK . I didn't have a ton going on , um , and then really my junior year I kinda I kinda exploded on the scene , became a bigger recruit , um , and then ultimately , uh , committed to USC . Yeah , for sure .

Malia Samuels | USC Basketball

I always grew up watching Love and Basketball . That was my favorite movie growing up and I was getting recruited by all these different schools , but I never really thought about USC until they called me and I was like , oh , I would love to go to USC . And so , um .

Malia Samuels | USC Basketball

And she was the first coach to call me and was like , hey , we still want you here . What you have to go through , you have to go through . This was before I knew I had the results back from my MRI and so she was like , we believe in you , we want you here and no matter what the injury is , we still want you and you're more than a basketball player , we want you as a person and so ultimately that felt like home to me .