Sammie Arnold '21 Recruiting Profile

    Basketball has been apart of my life since as long as I can remember. I started playing when I was 3 years old and I quickly became enamored with the sport. Growing up, I was relatively taller than other girls my age, so it was automatically decided by my first travel team coach that I would be a post. After leaving the program in 7th grade, I hadn't really grown and my guard skills were lacking. Then, I got to high school.  After the previous coach of 10 years and numerous championships had left, my school announced that one of our P.E. teachers would be our new coach. That year she told me that I was a shooter. I had not ever believed that I could be more than just a role player, so that year I took that role head on and worked tirelessly on my shooting. However, my hard work wasn't paying off yet, as we were 9-17 that season and started a whole lineup of underclassmen. The new PE coach quit. Sophomore came and so did new coaches. My whole team worked so hard to makeup for lost time and finally that work started to pay off in the form of a City Section Division 1 Championship and a hefty run the the state playoffs (we lost in the regionals). My point of telling this story is that I strongly believe that I went through all of these struggles for a reason. I learned that I was an incredibly hard worker when I put countless hours in the gym and my backyard whenever I had free time or after practice. I learned that defense is a very important part of the game and I now pride myself on being able to make great defensive plays. I learned how to be a leader on my team from a young age. Lastly, I learned that although my relationship with the game wasn't always perfect, it gave me so many opportunities to grow both as an athlete and person. When you consider recruiting me, you will get an unmatched work ethic, a great attitude, and a leader who will do anything to help her team succeed.