Personal Statement

A chilling sensation swept through my body as though it hit every last nerve ending all at once. I still do not know how my stomach did not burst open, as it felt like it was contorting in ways I did not think humanly possible. My heart hit the inside of my chest with what seemed like increasing intensity with every single beat. As all these feelings were escalating, I suddenly realized that I wanted this more than I had ever wanted anything in my life. This was it. This was my time.

Moments early the whole team had been in the locker room, all equally filled with excitement and anxiety. As Melissa, our coach, drew out plays and tactics on the chalk board, all were silent, hanging on to every last word that fell from her lips in hopes that each syllable would give us one more little push towards our goal. Then as she seemed to have gone over everything possible, there was a pause. This pause seemed to last forever, when she said “Are you guys ready?”

We were ready. The past three months were all in preparation for this day. From tryouts to now, starting out with a group of girls who all had little in common, except for one love, the love of the game. Coming together as a team; building one unit out of a group of twenty individuals, all coming together in hopes of reaching one goal, the state title. Game after game went by, victory after victory, seeming to make our goal more attainable. Then state came around, and we were still winning. This is when I finally knew we were going to do it; we were going to attain our goal. We had made it this far and there was no stopping us now.

Once the game finally was under way, the chilling sensation, nauseated stomach, and intense heart beating turned into a pure, driven focus. No way was I going to let my nerves hinder me, but instead it turned into an adrenaline rush that consumed me. As the game continued on, it did not leave me. It did not stop for one moment; it tuned out all distractions. Time seemed to go by so slowly, when finally, it seemed like it took ages for this moment to come about, the final whistle was blown. Our goal was now reality. We were the WIAA 1A High school Girls Soccer State Champions.

All that we had worked for had finally paid off. Coming together as a team, putting in all the time through out practices and what seemed like endless fitness was all worth it. The adrenaline rush that consumed me now exploded as if fireworks were shooting off through me and all around me. I never wanted to lose that feeling.

I knew from that moment on, that I never wanted to give up on anything. I am determined to always give my all, cause if it will bring me anywhere even close to that feeling that I experienced that day, I know it is worth it. I have learned to expect the best out of myself, and always reach for high goals. I also know how important it is to encourage those around you to work their hardest and set their goals. People will try to tear you down, but you got to have faith in yourself, and never let them kill your drive. If I work for something and set my mind to it, I know that I will come through. I never give up, even when it seems hard, because I know it is worth it at the end. People told us that winning state was far fetched, to high to set our goal, “maybe you should just try and make it to quarter finals.” Well people were wrong, weren’t they?