Growing up, I had a love for the sport of soccer that no one could take away from me. I played with my closest friends, creating some of the greatest memories imaginable. As we all got older, many of my friends lost their love for the game, I however kept going. As my senior year began, I was faced with a hard decision: to play at the college level or let the game end after 12 years. When graduation got closer, so did the stress of college and scholarships and everything in between. I received a call from a few colleges asking me to play for their school, one in particular being Rose State College in Midwest City, Oklahoma. My first thought of the offer was not positive, in fact it was so negative I ruled it out completely, thinking there was no way I was going to a junior college. My egotistical attitude got the best of me on that one, but after contemplation and advice from my ever so wonderful parents, I decided to join the Rose State Women’s Soccer team. Let me tell you, it was the most humbling, uplifting, exciting, terrible, and all so worth it decision I have ever made.
There were many factors weighing into my final choice, one being the location. Rose State was not even an hour from my home town, which is far enough to have some freedom, yet close enough to still feel like home. Scholarships were also a huge part because I was fortunate enough to receive a completely full ride. Rose State even covered my morning coffee (which is much needed when you are learning how to juggle the big kid life of being a college student.) Plus, at the time of my commitment, Rose State had just established a soccer team, which makes me apart of the inaugural team, also making for a cool story later on. All of these attributes made me have a change of heart, and then made me a Rose State Raider.
The August after graduating high school, I moved into a cute little apartment in Moore, Oklahoma with a very random teammate of mine from Houston, and a friend from high school who also joined the team. My advice to you after this living experience is this: Do not live with people you have never met and do not live friends who do not share the same living habits as you, it doesn’t end well. Once I was settled in and ready to start my career as a college athlete, my life turned into a roller coaster. But not the fun roller coasters you see at the county fair, no. The roller coasters at six flags that make you cry tears of fear and tears of joy, and you are too rushed with adrenaline to even tell them apart. That story however, is for another day.
There were many factors weighing into my final choice, one being the location. Rose State was not even an hour from my home town, which is far enough to have some freedom, yet close enough to still feel like home. Scholarships were also a huge part because I was fortunate enough to receive a completely full ride. Rose State even covered my morning coffee (which is much needed when you are learning how to juggle the big kid life of being a college student.) Plus, at the time of my commitment, Rose State had just established a soccer team, which makes me apart of the inaugural team, also making for a cool story later on. All of these attributes made me have a change of heart, and then made me a Rose State Raider.
The August after graduating high school, I moved into a cute little apartment in Moore, Oklahoma with a very random teammate of mine from Houston, and a friend from high school who also joined the team. My advice to you after this living experience is this: Do not live with people you have never met and do not live friends who do not share the same living habits as you, it doesn’t end well. Once I was settled in and ready to start my career as a college athlete, my life turned into a roller coaster. But not the fun roller coasters you see at the county fair, no. The roller coasters at six flags that make you cry tears of fear and tears of joy, and you are too rushed with adrenaline to even tell them apart. That story however, is for another day.
