I bleed Red and Blue

I was suppose to play volleyball in college…that was the plan. I played for 8 years straight with maybe a month off that whole time. I was good, I am not bragging, I was ranked in the top 100 players in the nation my recruiting year it is a fact. And then I got hurt…things changed…dreams were shattered.

When I was 17 and started applying to schools…. I had been in Arizona for 13 years. I was well accustomed with The University of Arizona having attended high school 5 minutes from campus…I went to numerous football games, volleyball games, shopped on University, I was a wildcat whether I wanted to be or not just due to proximity. So naturally I applied to the U of A, NAU (Northern Arizona University), University of Colorado, and University of Seattle. University of Seattle has always been amazing to me, my brother had applied and when they went on school visits they took me….I LOVED it ( Brad didn’t), I applied to CU solely because Brad was there I had never actually seen the campus because during this visit I choose to stay and swim in the pool ( a girl has her priorities ya’ know), and NAU was just because I felt like I needed another Arizona option. I got in to every school I applied to …U of A had some benefits and was CHEAP and that is why I stayed.

NEVER once did it cross my mind to apply to Arizona State, NOT ONCE.


Though I went up the Phoenix often for volleyball and shopping, I hated it. I don’t even know why, I believe if you are raised in Tucson it is something that is innate in you. So I think I need to be more specific for how I feel about our neighbors to the north now… I do not HATE Phoenix, I can’t not hate anywhere where my brother lives. I don’t hate Mesa…Dustin resides there. I do however have I do have a very strong DISLIKE for Tempe and Scottsdale…..ASU is in Tempe, so really that city could vanish and I would be cool….Bryan and snobby people live in Scottsdale…it could go away for all I care.

I didn’t fully appreciate and love Tucson till I left. Having grown up there and having had my heart set on playing volleyball in college far away and then staying in state really bummed me out. I have become immensely more in love with Tucson since living in Colorado…I find it to be amazing and fantastic. That being said….I could probably never live there again, people who stay in Tucson after a certain age, NEVER leave….I have out grown it in a way…but I still consider it home. I LOVE everything about the UofA…every day thing.

So on this the day that THE University of Arizona ( Arizona’s first University) plays Arizona State…I was never wavering on whether to be a Cat or Devil....I was never contemplating going to ASU. Though this is the Rivalry In The Desert....for me ASU isn’t even worth my time, I truly despise that school . I could never be and would have never been a Sun Devil!