美洲虎排球运动员进入大学生活

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发布于2022年9月21日

Thomas Becnel

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#FreshmanFocus is a series of stories on incoming students at the University of South Alabama.

In women’s volleyball, a sport dominated by 6-foot-3 hitters and blockers, Bri Wilson 一个5尺4寸的防守专家.

The freshman from Alabaster, Alabama, plays along the back row, passing the ball to taller teammates. On defense, she scrambles to return 50-mph serves and spikes.

“你必须坚持下去，”她说. “不要移动你的手臂太多. Absorb the ball.”

The 18-year-old also is learning to control her nerves in the opening weeks of her 大学第一季.

“The very first time I went in, I thought I was seeing stars, I was so nervous,” she said, laughing. “The first time I served, I got my serve in, but we lost the point. Every time I come off the court, I’m still shaking.”

Bri – it’s short for Briana – lives in the Stokes Residence Hall. Her roommate is a nursing student. She’s a computer science major.

“我喜欢编程，”她说. “在学校，我们编写代码.Org项目，那很有趣. This semester at South, I’ve got CSC 120 – Problem Solving and Computer Concepts. 我们每周四做实验，我喜欢. 一旦你得到它，一旦你算出a 问题是，这真的很令人满意.”

你的运动简介在 捷豹田径网站 说你见过奥普拉·温弗瑞. 跟我们说说你的奥普拉故事吧.

“My first year playing club volleyball, I was 9 or 10 years old, and we played a tournament in Montgomery around the time they were filming the movie “Selma,” and they were staying at the same hotel that we played at and stayed at. 我们刚玩完 for the weekend and everybody was running around because they realized Oprah was about 下楼来. So she comes down and says, ‘How was the tournament?’ We all said “很好”，我举起了一个“不”. 1, because we’d just taken first place in the tournament, so she gave me a high-five and then we went in front of the hotel and took pictures. 这就是我的奥普拉故事.”

作为大学运动员，你的日程安排是怎样的?

“On Mondays and Wednesdays, we go to weightlifting at 6:45 a.m. 是的，太早了， but I don’t mind. It makes me feel better, knowing that I was productive in the morning. On Tuesdays and Thursdays, I go to class at 9:30, but I don’t even sleep in, because I’m already up. 星期五，我直到中午才上课. 我们有练习和比赛 most days and I’ve been gone the last three weekends.”

这对你来说是很大的调整吗?

“我适应的比我想象的要多. 新生每人要上六个小时的自习课 week. 它在足球场旁边. 我通常在早上没有的时候去 that many people.”

当你不训练或学习的时候呢?

“I like to sew. I actually brought my sewing machine with me to South. It’s the same 《十大彩票网投平台》里用的那种.大多数时候，我只是在修东西，比如 if my pants don’t fit, or if I’ve got a tear in my shirt. 一旦人们发现了，他们 想让我缝东西. One of my teammates brought me a dress that had a hole in it.”

你要收多少钱?

“Free. Free.99.”

在雪花石膏长大是什么感觉?

“There’s not much to do, but I did get to go to a new high school – an $88 million high school. We called it Thompson University, rather than Thompson High School, because it was so nice. 我们的健身房，我们不能称之为健身房. 它被称为竞技场，因为 it was so big.”

你一直都是排球运动员吗?

“我是从体操开始的. I was pretty good. 我可以做后手翻 third grade. Then I started going to volleyball practices with my big sister, Germashia. I would pick up a ball and pass it against the wall.

“My sister wore number 13, so that’s the number I took in middle school. It’s been 对我来说很好. I’m not superstitious, but I do like to do everything the same way. Like, I have to put on my right knee pad before my left one.”

你妹妹后来在大学打排球. 她有给你什么建议吗 South?

“Be yourself. 这就是她告诉我的. 不要为任何人而改变. Have fun.”

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