A Carleton University rugby player is a leader with world-class dreams, and the love for the game is bringing her closer to her roots.
"It was once you make that first hit, once you get that first hit you get up and you realize, 'Oh yeah, I like this. I can do this again.'""I’ve always been like more of an aggressive kid; my parents enrolled me in soccer and then I kind of realized that aggression is kind of too much for that sport,” she says.
"I played, I scored, I loved the atmosphere, I loved the people, and I’ve just been looking straight at Jamaican rugby since then," she says."Sometimes my heart kind of skips a beat a little bit; it’s like, 'Whoa, we’re going to Pan-Am Games."Her experience and leadership, an influence for Carleton teammates.
"She brings a lot of grit, and character to the team room. She’s a leader on and off the field as well," says David Luong, Carleton Ravens women’s rugby head coach. as part of a series to promote and highlight Black leadership, achievements and experiences on campus."For me, the minute I got off the plane it was a sense of like, 'Yeah, I’ve been here before' or 'Yeah, I belong here'. Because I couldn’t help but look at every single person you saw, there was somebody that looked like you. You never had to feel like you were out of place," she says.
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