Lilly Hedge '21 Recruiting Profile

At the age of 5 I began playing basketball.  I participated in our towns mini-hoop program and fell in love with the sport.  Mini-hoops progressed to town recreational basketball, to my schools travel team and then on to AAU clubs and finally high school basketball.  The sport of basketball has became my passion.  I am competitive in nature and have utilized this trait as a positive impact on my success on and off the court.   I look at my own personal successes and failures and ask myself, "how can I improve?"  "how can I take this to the next level?"  "why did I not perform the way I had expected myself to perform and how can I improve on this?"  I view competing with others important to my own personal successes.  I do not look at others with jealousy or envy.  I look at this as an opportunity to push myself, to make myself better, to take myself to new limits.  I am a very coachable athlete.  I value critisism and the time a coach spends with me.  My teammates are invaluable and an important part of a teams success.   Furthering my academics beyond high school is my top priority.  I foresee a successful life for myself and my academic choices are key to that success.  Being able to continue playing basketball on my academic journey is the bonus.  I enjoy being around others and making people laugh.  I involve myself in extracurricular activities where I feel I am making an impact.  I do this through community service work or by participating in fundraisers for causes that are important to me or someone else I care about.  My success in life is important, but the impact I have made in someone else's life makes me feel complete.