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Coastal Carolina’s Tahalia Collier Lifts Herself Up
September 10, 2018 “Is everyone in your family home?” At 7:30 p.m., Tamara Collier, a mother of three, received this phone call from her...
Odessa's Dian Wright-Forde Found Himself
Wild, lost and curious - the three words Dian Wright-Forde used to describe his past self. He associated with the wrong crowds and...
Nya Valentine is Perfectly Imperfect at Shelton State
Nope. Not Nya Valentine. Everyone has at some point stopped working hard. Everyone has, at least on occasion, given in to the temptation...
Knock Wabash Valley's Shaulana Wagner Down And See What Happens
“Everyone has a plan until they get hit . . . I will not be shaken, for He gives me the strength to hit back.” The message inscribed...
UAlbany’s Club Team Showed John Mhilli His Basketball Future
John Mhilli loves basketball. From the time he was a teenager with more potential and height than skill, to his days as a collegiate club...
BSC Albany's Charles Echols Listens Through The Noise
Most successful athletes grow up with the active support of at least one parent, if not two. A mom or dad to drive them to practices,...
Cedarville's Jacob Drees has the Power of Perspective
None. When asked how many significant problems he has faced in his life, Cedarville University's senior Jacob Drees claims none. He's...
Mizzou's Koda Inman-Ahlstrom Is Far From Frail
Brain damaged. Mute. Unfunctional The future for Koda Inman-Ahlstrom following a 2007 car crash at age 7, that put him and his cousin...
Rochester's Hannah Lindemuth Helps
Come half-time at the University of Rochester, Hannah Lindemuth takes shot after shot, finding confidence every time she drains one....
Cortland's Rachel Tower now has Dragons in her Family
When asked to name their closest friends, many people will identify college roommates, childhood playmates, or maybe even a significant...
CUNY Now Has a Fighter in Katherine Valdez
Her parents call her “Luchona.” That means fighter - a perfect nickname for Katherine Valdez. Well, perfect now. Throughout a journey...
Hannah Boyer is a Baller And More At Emmaus
At a quick glance, Hannah Boyer appears to be just another athlete giving her all on the court. Her 6-foot stature makes her extremely...
Kiki Jefferson: JMU's Ball Of Excitement
When Kiki Jefferson returns home from James Madison University to her hometown of Lancaster, Pennsylvania, she encounters the utmost love...
Katelyn Andres Brings Resiliency To Felician U.
It's November 30, 2012. Twelve-year-old Katelyn Andres lays sound asleep on the living room sofa in her North Bergen, New Jersey home...
How Spencer Piercefield Became Indispensable And More At IWU
When a program has averaged better than 28 wins per season for a stretch of nearly 20 years, sometimes it takes players stepping up when...
Clayton Southwick Is Happy With More Snow
Clayton Southwick may love Snow, but he did not intend to play with it for very long. Heading into the 2021-22 season, Southwick enrolled...
Telisha Brown Brought Special To Blinn
What if I’m not good enough? Should I just give up? Am I not special? Most athletes frequently face questions like these. In addition to...
Wisconsin-Whitewater's Talen Jourdan Is 1 Great Player
When asked how long he’s been playing sports, Talen Jourdan laughs. “Well,” he said, “since I was pretty much out the womb, damn near.”...
Springfield College's Grace Dzindolet Is Love
Grace Dzindolet’s career at Springfield College created an open love letter to her teammates, her coaches, the students of Springfield,...
Johns Hopkins' Sidney Thybulle Is Just Fine Not Fitting In
Sidney Thybulle towered over his classmates. “It’s funny, kids would always be like, ‘You hit your growth spurt early. We’ll grow up....
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