She’s 6 feet 3 inches tall, and a freshman. What are they feeding these kids?
Oliver Barry CRS, GRI Real Estate Broker PARKS Real Estate Services 305 B Indian Lake Blvd Suite 220 Hendersonville TN 37075 Office: 615-826-4040 Mobile: 615-972-4239 bar...@realtracs.com Begin forwarded message: > From: Shane Ford <goufgator...@gmail.com> > Date: July 9, 2018 at 9:20:52 AM CDT > To: GatorNews <gatorn...@googlegroups.com> > Subject: [gatornews] [SUN]: UF volleyball program reloads with six new > players > Reply-To: gatornews+own...@googlegroups.com > > UF volleyball program reloads with six new players > By gatorsports (Gainesville Sun ) - July 9, 2018171 > > Florida volleyball coach Mary Wise is reloading her successful program. [Brad > McClenny/Staff photographer] > By Mari Faiello, Gainesville Sun Correspondent > > Surreal. > > It’s the first feeling 18-year-old freshman Thayer Hall could remember as she > stretched out for practice seven months ago in the Gale Lemerand Athletic > Center. It was Florida volleyball’s first practice of the spring season. > > In eighth grade, the Spartanburg, South Carolina, native stepped on the > University of Florida’s campus for the first time, knowing immediately she > had found the right place to live out what could be the last four years of > her volleyball career. > > “I felt like my heart was always here,” Hall said. “As soon as I committed, > volleyball was just fun again. I didn’t have to impress anyone, there were no > jitters about who was watching because I knew where I was going to be.” > > The 6-foot-3 outside hitter started practicing with the team in January > alongside Lauren Dooley, a 17-year-old freshman from Plano, Texas. > > The two agreed that starting in the spring was the best choice they could > have made, giving them time to adjust before heading into the fall season > full swing. > > In the spring season, the team breaks down skills at a slower pace, focusing > more on the training at hand instead of the matches ahead. > > When the duo isn’t in class or the gym, they enjoy their own personal > hobbies. Hall, an artist, enjoys painting using acrylics and oils. Dooley > usually gets lost in the words of a book. > > But the key to remain within themselves and not lose focus on the things a > typical freshman student-athlete would worry about is simple: taking > full-advantage of the opportunities given. > > “I know where my talents come from,” Hall said. “They’re not mine, and any > given moment that can be taken away from me. I’m expecting to do whatever I > can to put the team in the best possible situation.” > > It’s still fresh in the team’s mind. That moment on Dec. 16, 2017, when > Nebraska took home its fifth title in Kansas City, Missouri, after a four-set > match. > > That moment will come back in a little over a month when Florida travels to > Lincoln, Nebraska, and watches the Cornhuskers hang their fifth title banner > right before the Gators’ first match of the 2018 season. > > But for now, it’s a new team. A new season. A new opportunity. > > And as coach Mary Wise says, they’ll just have to trust the process. > > “We’re in new territory,” Wise said. “We’ve never graduated four > All-Americans.” > > Wise added that the new look for this year’s team will be a shift for most of > the Gator fans because of not seeing mainstays like Rhamat Alhassan and Carli > Synder on the court this season. > > “It’s not just the talent that graduates, it’s the experience,” she said. > “There’s no substitute for experience.” > > Thayer and Dooley are joined by freshmen Marlie Monserez and Haley Warner, > walk-ons Riley Fischer and Paula Cerame and University of North Carolina > sophomore transfer Holly Carlton. > > Carlton, a 6-foot-7 left-handed opposite attacker and setter, brings > something unique to this class-divided Florida team, Wise said. > > “For us, it will be her attacking that’s the No. 1 priority,” Wise said. > > On the other hand, Dooley, a 6-6 middle blocker, will propose some unique > challenges to other teams because of her size, especially her height above > the net, Wise said. > > They’ll need the support of Carlton, Dooley, Hall and the other freshmen to > overcome their schedule in the fall, facing teams like Nebraska, Texas and > Southern California in their first eight days of play alone. > > “We’re just throwing them into the deep end,” Wise said. “We are not > tip-toeing into this season.” > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Sent From Shane's iPhone > Go Gators! & Skål Vikes! > -- > -- > GATORS: ONE VOICE ON SATURDAY - NO VOICE ON SUNDAY! > 1996 National Football Champions | 2006 National Basketball Champions 2006 > National Football Champions | 2007 National Basketball Champions 2008 > National Football Champions | > Three Heisman Trophy winners: Steve Spurrier (1966), Danny Wuerffel (1996), > Tim Tebow (2007) > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "GatorNews" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to gatornews+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- -- GATORS: ONE VOICE ON SATURDAY - NO VOICE ON SUNDAY! 1996 National Football Champions | 2006 National Basketball Champions 2006 National Football Champions | 2007 National Basketball Champions 2008 National Football Champions | Three Heisman Trophy winners: Steve Spurrier (1966), Danny Wuerffel (1996), Tim Tebow (2007) --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "GatorTalk" group. 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