ALYSSA RUTHERFORD '17 Recruiting Profile

The quote I absolutely love is "If you don't sacrifice for what you want, what you want will be the sacrifice." I put this on my mirror and I look at it everyday. It motivates me a lot. My goal is to be in the Olympics. I want to graduate college first and then take my next steps in order for me to become an Olympian. I feel like I deserve to be on a great team, because I make passes well, me and my team discuss what we need to work on together, I make sacrifices for this sport, I put in every little effort I have in me, I don't let anything get in the way of me playing my passion. What makes me different in athletics is that I stay positive no matter what, if we lose, that just means we need to work twice as hard, and we'll be better. The failures we have as humans gives us oppurtuinites to be a greater person/player. I also believe I am truly different when it comes to my passion, I get up early every morning around 7 (school days would be 5am) just to work my muscles as best I can to make sure I can reach the goals I have set for myself. I also make sure I am in line at school before anything else, because if you don't have good grades, no soccer. I am an organized person, so I make sure everything is in order so I will be successful.