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    2019 Scholarship Gala

    I think scholarships impact the legacy that is UNG. When I got the acceptance

    letter back and it said you're good to come to University of North Georgia I was

    happy as can be.

    I started playing soccer when I was three, my parents just threw

    me into it and I fell in love with it. My senior year in high school I got hurt so I didn't have

    very many offers but Chris, the coach up here reached out, and he's like "Hey, come

    on up for a visit." And so coming here it's been incredible.

    I came to UNG mainly because of basketball. I thought that the atmosphere

    will help me excel as a player. My teammates are like my best friends.

    Me and my family we went across and toured all these different schools and I just

    remember coming here and everybody here was just so friendly and it was just a

    really inviting atmosphere.

    It's been really good it's taught me a lot and

    every year I've had a different role on the team and I've learned a lot about

    myself in those roles.

    It's been a great time -- a lot of amazing people.

    Competitively, I've been shooting since high school. It's Olympic-style target

    shooting. Most people think you're shooting big guns, firing away, having fun;

    with us it's more of a precision it's an art.

    My major is pre-med biology. I want

    to be an orthopedic surgeon. Some of the injuries that I've seen firsthand helped

    me prepare to actually help people fix those broken bones.

    I'm a chemistry major with a business minor and a leadership certificate. My mentor that I

    was reaching out to is Colonel Palmer. He always talks about the spirit of UNG and

    integrity and how to really live that out in everything that you do.

    I'm a mathematics major. When I got to calculus 2, I was like this is a little

    challenging, but this is actually a lot of fun.

    I want to go to grad school and

    get a masters in sports management and sports administration and be a grad

    assistant in an athletic department, from there actually getting a job.

    I think I want to join the Department of Defense and be a

    chemist for them but I know at some point I want to go back and get involved

    in public health.

    Scholarships create more opportunities

    for people. You're not just representing yourself, you're representing those

    organizations that are sponsoring them.

    If you talk to all the athletes, the majority

    of them are on scholarship. It goes a long way for us because like I said it

    helps you focus just on school and you can really just be the best version of

    yourself.

    I'm UNG Dahlonega's representative on

    Student Advisory Council. The scholarships that I've received have

    allowed me to do the leadership positions. I never had to take on a

    full-time job, so that really allowed me to choose a major of my dreams. But

    without those scholarships I definitely couldn't have studied as much to have as

    good of grades and wouldn't have been able to take on as many leadership

    responsibilities as I had wanted to. I definitely think it's revolutionized my

    time here.

    The scholarships definitely allow me to focus more on school. I don't

    believe that I would be able to afford college if I didn't have these

    scholarships.

    It would be a lot harder if you take out more student loans and

    you're further in debt but since I want to go to grad school that would put me

    even further behind, so it helps me set up for the future a lot better.

    No matter what, even a dollar from somebody -- go and donate, that creates more scholarships.

    I want to just say "thank you," they've impacted my time here beyond anybody.

    I really just like to thank them for this opportunity. I know there are

    many students like me who wouldn't be able to afford school without their aid.

    I definitely think that the scholarships have allowed me to just grow as a person

    because there are some things you can't do by yourself and so with that help I

    think it's really gotten me where I am today.

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