"The decision, yes and no. I had the opportunities, I could’ve gone and played overseas, play in Australia or something like that but my motivation now is to graduate as…

"I played a lot of sports when I was younger, I played basketball, soccer, tried ball hockey for a year it wasn’t my thing. And then baseball was what I…

"With my mom just being the sole parent figure in my life, I was always told, it kind of ties into baseball I guess, when I was growing up you…

"My mom means everything to me. How do you thank someone for giving up, sacrificing and doing things that you don’t notice that they are even doing, right? I guess…

"Influence wise, as a person, who I am, also as far as my motivation, my mom being a single parent worked incredibly hard to get my sister and I the…

"I was kind of ready to hang it up. I was in Niagara University in New York for 3 years, when I transferred to UBC, my motivation when I transferred…

"So I decided to retire around Christmas time, I thought I could do another year but when I was doing practices I knew how much work had to be put…

"There’s a lot of people that’s inspired me over the years just in different ways but when I first started paddling, my biggest mentor was Caroline Brunet. She was an…