Tammy Nguyen '22 Recruiting Profile

Overall Im a very determinded person, one thing about me is that I love to prove others wrong, this sort-of discrinmation from others fuel my inner self to work harder and prove to myself and the ones who did not believe in me that I can reach that goal I put my mind towards. I joined wrestling my sophomore year in highschool so this already puts me at a disadvantage compared to other wrestling athletes that either comes from a wrestling family or started at a young age. Yet this is not discourage me as it movtivated me to work twice as hard to keep up with the other girls in the room. As covid hit I did not join wrestling coming back my senior year I made varsity and ended up being co caption of our team. As season continued, 3 days before leauges final week I torn my mcl in my left knee, knowing it was my senior year I did not call it quits. Wrestling on a torn ligament has to be one of the most painful moments I've ever experience yet I did not complain, I took my pain killers, taped my knee, wore my knee pads and wrestled my heart out on the mat. It might not have been the best choice for my body but to the love and passion I have for wrestling It didnt once crossed my mind I would end my season because I have a knee injury. With that I wrestled from leauge finals and made it all the way up to Masters Day 2.  My knee is fully healed now and Im coming back stronger than ever. Hoping to get the message crossd that I do not like to make exucses, what resonated with me was the saying "if nothing is broken you can still wrestle" from a coach that have the biggest impact on me with wrestling. This mindset he drilled into my mind to not make excuses for every little bump on my road to sucess can be very useful when im put under stress or pressure.