It's been awhile

It has been awhile since we have posted anything about Alicia Daly.

School started and she is busy with her academic schedule of honors classes and two AP classes.  She did not take it easy for her senior year.  In between all that she has signed up to do Reading Buddies again this year and volunteers as needed with Summerfield Recreational Association.  She is currently visiting colleges, being asked to camps and going on overnight visits.  She is still trying to find the right academic and athletic fit. 

Along with school and the recruiting process, she continues to go to weight training twice a week with her trainer, benching about 75lbs and squatting about 130lbs.  She comes out with her arms and legs feeling like jello.  She attends hitting lessons with Gwen Johnson, practices with the Lady Lightning and sees Coach Bastian once a month.

Advice to young girls is to work hard in school.  Alicia has so many schools looking at her academically.  The colleges not only give out athletic money but also academic scholarships. The college coaches like it when you can say that their college is also looking at you academically.  Many colleges have sent her the chancellor's application or invited her to special events to try to recruit her academically.  Also challenge yourself in the classroom by taking AP or honors classes.

There are so many options to look at from the well known D1, D2 and D3 schools to high level JuCo programs that can be a start to get into a D1.  Other options are discussing being a walk on with the coaches or discussing being a walk on with a Red Shirt the first year so that you can train with the team, get stronger and develop more.  There is still so much to learn and so much that the average person does not know about the recruiting process.

Alicia is excited that she has been invited to the Surf City Showcase again this year in Huntington Beach, California.  This tournament has a big turn out by college coaches.  It is excellent experience because Stiggy"s Team TFS always makes sure we play some of the top teams in the country.  Last year we had 15 college coaches watching at one time.

 We will update you on game schedule for Surf City Showcase when it is posted.  This is a panoramic picture of the field in Sunnyvale, CA when Alicia attended Nationals with her Lady Lightning team.  The ground was hard and the ball really bounced.  Alicia was used to that from playing in Colorado this summer.