(Clare) had been hurt all year, ... Her first game back, she got the game-winning kill. I cried when she did that. |
[The older players] are really nice, offering to give us rides and stuff because we don't have cars, ... They've made the transition so easy. |
I guess if I'm not doing something I'm wasting my time. I was blessed to be in school and to be here, and I want to take advantage of that. A lot of people don't understand that it's not a right to be in school - it's a privilege. |
I liked being the underdog last year, ... But we know this year we'll be the team that everybody wants to beat. |
I looked at a bunch of schools in the ACC as well, and my sister had gone here, so I knew about it and had visited it a bunch, ... I didn't want to go here until I visited other places and realized how special Virginia was. |
I think I was always Shannon before the cancer and after. But I think it makes me live life a lot different. I live each day as if it was my last because I was faced with a couple of times when I almost died. I don't take stuff hard, and I don't stress about the small stuff. |
I'm so excited, ... A lot of my friends are going to come down, so it's nice to be able to play close to home because I'm really far away [here]. |
In June, we practiced five times a week, so I didn't really have a life then, |
It feels good to win because it's an award based not only on your athletic ability but also on community service and academics. I think that's what I'm really all about. |
Nationals are so much fun because it's the best of the best, ... You can watch really good volleyball, play really good volleyball and be a part of it. It's really exciting to be around that many people that enjoy the sport so much. |
The funny thing is, ... Colleen, Margo and I all sat together. You could see us on the tape, right there in the bottom-right corner. Every time I watch it, I see us there together. |
There are so many great universities in North Carolina, ... so just to be nominated was a accomplishment for me and my family. |
They did that for me, (so) why turn my back on them? |
They put together a scholarship and presented it to me, |
They said there was some growth of my tumor, but I'm not going to let that get me down. The doctors are just going to watch it closely to make sure it doesn't come back. |