how do you possibly say goodbye to something that gave you everything? i truly can’t begin to describe how much this sport means to me. 15 years ago, i fell in love the moment i touched the ball with my tiny little hands at six years old. i slid up my giant knee pads for the first time, and from then on my life had changed in ways i could have never imagined. ever since that day, i centered my life around the sport and poured my heart and soul into it. While there are so many things I could say to volleyball, nothing is as important as the people that have been in my life through it all. first, thank you to my parents for allowing me to play the sport i love for so long and for sacrificing so much along the way to support me and my dreams. thank you to my mom for coaching me the first 18 years of my life and making me the player i am today. it was far from easy but i would not be where i am now without her. thank you to my older sister for for being my best friend and pepper par...