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Over the course of the past several years, the North Iowa Fire basketball program has helped me become a much better basketball player but it has also done so much more. The Fire program provided me with the opportunity to make, what are now, some of my closest friends. Throughout my years in the program, we went through our struggles, but from these struggles I learned the value of hard work and competing at every level. North Iowa Fire helped me fall in love with the game of basketball and I learned so much about myself that I never knew. One of the greatest ways the Fire has impacted my life is by the friendships that I have built. When I came to Fire I thought I was getting into just to become a better basketball player, but what I found out is that I was about to …show more content…

When I entered the program, I was not overly confident in my abilities and often times I underestimated myself. This was something that many of the coaches helped me with. I had always had the work ethic, but I never saw myself as that important of a player. When I was younger, passing was all I wanted to do and I never trusted my abilities to be a scorer. The Fire coaches helped me realize my potential and how to hold myself as a player. I became a stronger player and person, who is confident in their ability and makes the people around them better. I believe that I should be a recipient of the North Iowa Fire Scholarship because I have spent countless hours in the gym. Committing my summers to nothing more then playing basketball and I would not trade any of it away. All of the car rides and late nights have gotten me to where I am now. I worked with the Fire to become a better basketball player, but I have received far more. The friendships, life lessons, and memories that were formed in my six years with the North Iowa Fire will stick with me throughout my life and I am so grateful to have been blessed with this

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