Welcome to #WOLVESTALK – a SweetwaterNOW exclusive series where Green River High School Wolves inspire our community by telling their stories in their own words. I started playing volleyball in seventh grade at Lincoln Middle School. Before that first day of practice, I did not know anything about volleyball. I also didn’t realize the major impact it would have on my life. I have always loved to compete and participating in a sport with such competitive intensity gave me that opportunity. Walking in that gym seventh grade year I knew I wanted to be a setter. I wanted to touch the ball every play, which I also took into my softball career as a pitcher. Coach Demaret thought setting would be the perfect position for me, so I became the setter. From there, setting stuck with me through the entirety of my volleyball career. I knew this was a tough position but I was up for the challenge. I would go to the rec. center with my mom when I didn’t have games and work on my skills. During middle school, I participated in club volleyball in the spring. It was such a blast. We traveled everywhere, we even went to Las Vegas. Those experiences are now lifetime memories.