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Personal Statement
Although I am considered someone who started late in this sport as I am in the middle of my second year of volleyball I have trained harder than anyone I know. Started playing during my time in Ecuador and because I was really late I had to catch up. I started training in February of 2022 at a team called Tigres. I played normally as any other kid my age would until summer where I saw the opportunity to just focus on volleyball. I joined my teams training camp and was also a member of the team which meant I had double practice. Then with some friends we decided to join the open gym practices with the kids at a school called "Colegio Menor". Practicing from 3 to 6 hours a day resting only Sundays and sometimes Saturdays for a month and half I improved a lot. A couple months go by and I have to move to Honduras. Because of the pandemic I wasn't able to play for my school but now I had the opportunity to represent my school. It was rough at first as I was shorter and weaker than all my teammates as they were older than me. I think that's what made the difference to when I started really taking volleyball seriously. I'm a very competitive person even inside my own team, which meant I hated being on the bench and felt the need to do something about it so I trained hard everyday my freshman year to earn me that starting spot on AASCA Volleyball team. It all payed off as I was in the starting line up of a team that went all the way to second place and I was awarded by my school as the most improved athlete. Although we had a great team for the 2023 year it was mostly built from seniors, when I say mostly I mean that we didn't have a team anymore. So apart from all the training, I decided to try and pull people into the team which I was able to. This not only helped the team to be able to compete it taught me to be a leader and that a team is a family. Although we weren't able to find as much success as last year I was able to get the AASCA MVP of my team with a impressive 20 points in a 3 set match during my second game, I was also awarded Best Athlete of Volleyball by my school later on. During summer of 2024 I was also trying to train and play as much as possible in the highest level I could, which also led me to become a champion of the Liga Sub 18. Later in the summer I was recognized by one of the best teams in Honduras called Copanecos which they took me outside the city to play. This opportunity also led to me being able to play next to the best player in Honduras and only motivated me to get better so that I can keep playing with him.
