Grace Frank '24 Recruiting Profile

I’ve recently decided to change my personal statement. I’d like to refocus it on my determination, perseverance, and grit. If being on NCSA has taught me one thing it’s that if you can’t pay 70k to a fancy school to play women only hockey, you have no chance at being anybody. But Im determined. Playing men’s hockey has given me more mental strength and physical perseverance than anything in my life. I have to work 3x harder than my male teammates to achieve a fraction of what they can do due to my height and size. But I persevere. Coaches on here have told me to my face that playing mens hockey exclusively will get me nowhere, that not playing for a women’s academy team means I am useless to them. Not all of us have a choice. But I have grit. I will play womens hockey in college, and I will achieve my dreams no matter what it takes. Because if I can take verbal and physical abuse playing as a female varsity starter in a men’s league, I can make it anywhere.