Ariyahn Jones '21 Recruiting Profile

My goals in life is too be happy and successful and be able to be in a position to help others achieve their goals in life. My personality and will to win and not only get better but help my teammates get better too, is why I believe I´ve gotten this far in my career. It takes a strong and stable mindset to really experience some of the things that athletes go through and still get up each day and re do it over and over.  I am a very social, goofy and fun person but when it comes to the game of basketball, I am very determined to go out there and prove myself every game and to show myself and everyone else why I deserve to be on that court, playing with my teammates. I am very competitive no matter what the score board says, I want to go out and still play like the score is tied with 4 seconds left. Not a lot of players would say that they wish they could work on defensive stuff all the time but I love the feeling and energy to be able to lock someone up and really give them a hard time with the ball. I love to be able to be that player that can bring energy to the game and really give the fans a show to watch. With school I have been an Honor Roll student many times throughout high school and I always set goals, for basketball and school, to make sure I'm the hardest working on the court and in the classroom.  The biggest thing that I feel is so small but makes a drastic difference in games is those players who stay optimistic and can bring that energy to the court that will help the team, and that is something that I´ve been told that I can do very well.