Elizabeth McBride '12 Recruiting Profile

Coach Contacts for referral: Mario personal GK at Universal Soccer [email protected] or [email protected] Jimmy McCumber current GK coach: cell phone is 508-259-9135 In order to receive my release, you may email my school-Albright College AD, or please make me aware and I will get it to you myself! I am a dedicated student-athlete looking for a program that is going to help me reach my maximum potential as a player. I have played three sports-soccer, basketball, and softball from the time I was age seven, and I have been striving since age 11 to become the best I can in all three of them. I have a relentless drive to become the best athlete I am capable of being, this is why I have spent much of my time working all year round to compete in 3 sports. My philosophy has always been that if I worked as hard as I could to be the best I could be in all 3 sports that I played, I would become a better athlete. The hard work needed to become the best has never bothered me because the results that come out of pushing yourself to the next level are what spark the passion in me. Through that hard work you unlock abilities that you never thought you had. I love every part there is about being an athlete. I love the glory you receive when you shine in performance and I love the pain you suffer when you realize someone beat you. There is no better feeling in the world then to realize sometimes that you competed and you lost. That realization you come to and that truth that hits you through that loss wakes you up and motivates you to start working even harder, and striving to achieve more. You come to realize that yes, someone can do that that much better than you and it’s time for you to start setting your goals even higher. You can now dream even bigger dreams than what you dreamt of before. I love the feeling of adrenaline you get when you know you are working behind the scenes to outlast and out-do your opponent. The adrenaline you get from training is sometimes to me even greater than the adrenaline you get when you see that work pay off in a victory. Practice is where you set the stage for that victory. Practice is where you fought the battle. When your opportunity came in the game you capitalized because you were prepared. Another aspect of sports that I love is that there is not anyone or anything that can take away your love for the game. Every sprint you run, every drill you put your 100% into is bettering you as an athlete. Even if you don’t receive playing time, I have learned that it does not mean you can’t still love the game. Loving the game does not always mean loving the thrill you get from playing in the game. Loving the game to me means also loving the hard work, the sacrifice, the obstacles in which you overcome to have the privilege to play the game and make an impact. Each time I step onto the field I remind myself that it is a blessing and a privilege that I am able to do so. That is why I take pride in working as hard as I can off the field so that when I do take the field I know that I have prepared myself as best as I could for the moment and I am ready. I am tired of playing for coaches who don’t take their players seriously and put limits on what players are capable of. I am tired of coaches who allow players to break team rules without suffering any consequences. Rules are put in place on a team for everyone to follow. When you break a rule that everyone else is expected to abide by and that you commit yourself to following you let yourself down and your teammates down. I am tired of playing for the kind of coach who accepts the fact that his players lose a play-off game and then laugh as they try on Burger King hats on the bus ride home. I am tired of being a part of programs who accept the fact that their athletes win more games in beer pong than they do soccer. Alcohol is a distraction and has no value. I am looking to play for a coach who is going to tell their athletes this truth. I want to play for a program that’s goal is to better an athlete as an all around person and teach an athlete the habits that are vital to achieving success in any area of life. I no longer want to be a part of a program that looks to cut corners and accept mediocrity. I am tired of playing for coaches who want to tell players they played well when they lost a game 3-0. I do not want to be around people who put blinders on and lie to themselves. I want honesty. I am looking for excellence. I want to take advantage of the potential I have and develop it so that I may gain more opportunities for myself, so that I can create change. I want to become my personal best so that I may help other people realize the potential that lies within them. I apologize if this appears to come off the wrong way. I am aware that in a way I have put down some of the coaches I have played for, and I am also aware that this could give a coach the wrong idea about me as an athlete. Please understand that I am just frustrated because I want to feel that I have been pushed to the best of my abilities. I have dreamed of being a great athlete, and I have put in all of the work needed to do it. However, I have not been supported and pushed to do what I know in my heart I am capable. If I fall short of my goal, I fall short. If I don't have the abilities after I've developed the one's I do have ,to my full extent then I don't. But I do not want to keep feeling the feeling I have now which is that I am doing all I can but I am not being pushed because the kind of program I'm in does not push anyone. I want to find a program that will dedicate itself to helping me and the teammates that surround me improve the same way I have dedicated myself to soccer. -Elizabeth