Kyli Moon-Rumsey '20 Recruiting Profile

My goal is to attend a college where I can compete as a multi-athlete.  I am very interested in schools that offer a major in Physical Therapy.  My goal, career wise, is to become a physical therapist specializing in working with adaptive athletes.  

What differentiates me from other student-athletes is my leadership qualities and my work ethic.  My High School sprint coach, who has coached for over 50 years, stated at our recent awards ceremony that in all his years he "has never met a leader like Kyli".   I am so confident in my performance on the track that I pride myself on helping others do better, even in competition.  No one will outwork me in my preparation and practice rountines. I inspire others (both teammates and competitors) to perform at their best by my example.

I was introduced and inspired to become a multi-athlete by my good friend from high school. Through her, I learned to push myself and test my limits on the track.  Since she graduated,  I was "passed the baton" to take the lead as captain of the high school track team.  This is highly unusual as captains are typically the seniors at my high school.  This responsibility gives me the opportunity to lead by example, inspire and motivate others to be their best. 

What I have learned about myself through track and field is that I need to compete at my best, and block out everything around me.  There may be others that are better at sprints, or better at jumps, but I can say I am the best all around athlete through the heptathlon.  The Head Coach at my high school tells everyone she can that I have the special talent of being able to go from a 4X100 relay to the 100m hurdles to the 100m dash and then finish up with the 200m dash.  I really learned so much about heart, perserverance and fighting through injury at the recently completed National Junior Olympics Multi.  I was injured going in to it, but did not want to scratch - I was representing my region, my state, and my city.  I finished and that was so important to me.  I would not quit.  

Each meet, I go up against competitors that typically are bigger than me.  But they are not stronger or better prepared than me, as I out work them to win.  It makes me work harder to compete as if I'm 5'8" and 140 lbs.  It is funny to stand on the Winner's podium of the medal stand and have the second place person be even in height to me, even though their podium is about 4 inches lower than mine.  God has given me the body I have, so I work as hard as I can to be the best I can.