“I remember growing up at the club and my dad would put us in the canoes and I remember when I first went into a kayak, I was little. All the kids at the canoe club have to learn how
“It was always a dream for me to go to the Olympics, I never really felt the pressure. I guess this is a bit of a sad story so my dad passed away when I was 12, and for us
“My mom and my grandpa were my inspirations. My mom sacrificed so much, giving so much to my sister and I, it’s just really inspiring how selfless she was to make sure my sister and I had all the best
“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 fast I can, finish up my degree and you know
“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 enjoyed the most, I found it the most fun of
“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 know I didn’t have the ‘aggression’ I needed to play
“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 just thank you is not good enough but all the
“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 opportunities that we had so when I was growing up,
“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 was I knew I was close. I transferred to UBC
“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 in to getting to where I want to be, I