Jany Pepin '25 Recruiting Profile

Everything started almost 10 years ago. I had just moved to Maine from a small town in Quebec, Canada. I had been competing in gymnastics since I was in six years old. I would not be the athlete I am today if it weren't for these 10 years of gymnastics. By doing gymnastics I learned to work on myself physically and mentally. I would spend hours perfecting every move until they were perfect enough for me.

 When I moved to Maine, there weren't any gyms to do any gymnastics near me so instead I started playing soccer in middle school. I didn't start training to be a goalkeeper until my freshman year of high school. I started to really love soccer and I wanted to get better at it. At first I wasn't the best and it was hard mentally because I didn't think I was doing the best I could. 

The summer before my junior year, I spent the whole summer training as much as I could so that I could show my coach that I was putting the time and effort to be the best I could be. That summer I gave myself goals and I wanted to perfect them. All those years of gymnastics taught that all my weaknesses could be worked on. The love I have for soccer grew with me along with all the training and time I put in. All i want to do is pursue my goalkeeper journey in college.