Tell us a little bit about yourself and your plans for college.

I am committed to pursuing a career involving mathematics, architecture, and interior design while playing college volleyball. This has always been my dream. I want to use my passion for mathematics to pursue an undergraduate, then a graduate degree specializing in architecture and use my organizational skills for interior design. I am a highly driven and very focused person. While many of my peers dislike my highly competitive nature, I believe this trait will help me in my future. I realize mathematics and architecture are not typically female populated occupations, I want to show the world a girl can be empowering in these fields too. I would love to be able to showcase big projects, create a home for families to make memories, and watch my dad build my inspirations. With financial support provided by this scholarship, I am confident that I could be a meaningful asset and make contributions to the architect, interior design, and mathematics fields. I am determined to be an empowering woman in this career and can’t wait to fulfill my dream. During my undergraduate semesters, I plan to enroll in art classes to expand my creativity, photography so I can capture my projects to proudly display them, and marketing so I can brag about my projects to the world. I want to be a well rounded student that will make myself a very marketable employee. I also want to break the stereotype of the “dumb jock”. I am maintaining a 4.0 gpa during my high school career, working 2 part time jobs, and playing club volleyball 9 months of the year. Travel and exercise makes you adhere to strict time management, discipline, and resilience. I’ve worked very hard to keep my grades up and still try to balance my work life and volleyball life. I’ve had to make sacrifices in my high school social life missing proms and homecoming dances because I had volleyball tournaments. But my priorities have always been for those things that will help me later in life, and help me achieve my overall dream. In a world full of cheerleaders and participation ribbons, I for one think that hard work should be rewarded instead of just showing up. As a student athlete, I wanted to be captain. I wanted the extra responsibilities on and off the court. I wanted to guide the younger classmen and be their mentor. I want to be that person that they will miss next year. I want to be a part of a legacy. Most of my teammates just wanted to occasionally show up, skip the elective workouts, barely get by with their grades. I strived to be the best I could on and off the court and I want to be a roll model for younger players and students. I want to show them you can do it all. My favorite quote is “you’ll never get 100% of the balls you don’t go for.” I use this scenario in my everyday life telling myself you’ve got to make an effort with everything you do. I never want to miss an opportunity because I didn’t try. Thank you for your consideration.

Maggie from Illinois
High School Senior
Seymour High School