Junior College

Sorry its been so long! I'm in finals week right now and life has just been really busy! But I wanted to share my experience with college soccer. Out of high school the only D1 university that was really interested in me was Weber State. I really didn't have any desire to stay in Utah unless it was playing for the U. Weber also wanted me to play wing and I had my heart set on forward. I had a boyfriend at the time who played for Iowa Western Community College in Council Bluffs, IA. Being in high school and thinking I'd "found the one" made me want to go to school with him. I contacted his coach and a few months later I went to a try out in Logan and before I knew it I was on my way to Iowa. I honestly was the best choice I could have made. Soccer was such an amazing experience. I was able to really learn the game at I higher pace then high school but it still wasn't jumping into D1 status. I went in to Iowa Western and was able to break tons of records my freshman year and continued to break my own records my sophomore year. The experience I had there I wouldn't change for anything and I wouldn't have done it any different. I was lucky enough to be blessed with a group of girls who to this day and forever we will always be best friends! I've never found better friends in my life! Going to a junior college before a big university is something to look into. The positives are that you get more experience at a higher level, you get to be eased into taking college classes, its a smaller school, you know a lot more people just a really great experience if going to a big university doesn't sound appealing.The negatives are it can be a lot harder to get recruited by a D1 out of a junior college. I was very fortunate. When I transferred to another school I had to start all over. If you go to a University first you only have to start over once. If I had to chance to make my decision again I would have done the exact same thing. Everything happens for a reason and I know I was suppose to go to Iowa Western. and it was the greatest experience of my life!