Alyssa Zee '17 Recruiting Profile

To be honest, I never thought I would say that Track & Field was “my sport.”    Probably, because ever since I was 5 years old, I pretty much lived on a soccer field.   As I entered middle school however, I realized what truly differentiated me on the soccer field was my speed.  As such, I started to expand my attention to include the sport that matched my inner passion even more.  By the time I reached high school, I knew that my dreams centered on Track & Field. 
However, regardless of the sport I was participating in, I was always up for a challenge.  For example, when I was 7 years old, I was asked to play on an all boys’ soccer team.  While this definitely was tougher competition, I welcomed the opportunity to challenge myself and actively contributed to this team for 4 years.   Similarly, during my freshman year of running track, our girls’ team had very few participants in field events.   While I had always thought of myself as a runner, I volunteered to try both high jump and triple jump.   As I put in the hard work to progress in each event, I became an even more diversified competitor and was able to dramatically impact our overall team results.
I believe the intense discipline from playing on a highly competitive club soccer team for 8 years helped me appreciate various coaching styles, different ways to approach competition and the true importance of teamwork.   This exposure and training I had from a very early age provided the foundation for me to become the diverse track & field competitor that I am today.