Today we’d like to introduce you to Alexis Bull
Hi Alexis, we’d love for you to start by introducing yourself.
I was a competitive cheerleader when I was a kid. I was not tall or short; I was just average. I wasn’t the best tumbler on the team either. I thought I was going to be a college cheerleader my whole life. I was soon introduced to volleyball at the young age of 12. I started small; I was on a summer league team that hardly practiced and then played games on the weekends. I started enjoying it more and more. My first year I overlapped cheer and volleyball; my family and I soon realized we couldn’t do both; it was too much time and interfearance. I picked volleyball, and it changed my life. I then started playing club volleyball when I was 13 years old on a 13U team. I started to get better, and it became more and more serious each year. My parents pushed me to work hard every single day. I moved clubs a couple times and found my club home of Houston Skyline. Each club gave me good coaches, but at Skyline they were GREAT. Then high school started, and I made the varsity volleyball team as a freshman. At this time I started sending out emails to college coaches and connecting with college recruiters. I then connected with my program head coach, JT Wenger, later my junior year of high school. I committed shortly after my visit at UTA. I knew UTA was my home from my first step on campus. The coaches, administration, culture, campus, and the city of Arlington were all I ever imagined. And now that I am actually living the college athlete life here, I can say that I am truly living the dream.
Alright, so let’s dig a little deeper into the story – has it been an easy path overall and if not, what were the challenges you’ve had to overcome?
Thinking back on my recruiting path, I do not remember a lot of hardships. I do know that recruiting was difficult at first and becomes a large handful of things that need a lot of time and effort to get where you want to be. Recruiting to me is one of the things that “you get out what you put into it” and no one is perfect at it either. It is so easy to compare yourself to your school or club teamates that are getting recruited by schools that you are not, at least that was the hardest part for me, I would always compare myself to people that are not even my class year, are not even my position, and defimitly do not work as hard as I do. But always remember that everyones recruiting journey is completly different and has many different paths.
Alright, so let’s switch gears a bit and talk business. What should we know about your work?
I do not work in the workplace. I am a fulltime student athlete. I am a division one volleyball player with a very high work ethic. I am most proud of myself for always looking to grow in all aspects of life, as a human, as a player, and as a student. I know I hold my head very high and I am confident in myself.
Are there any important lessons you’ve learned that you can share with us?
The most important lesson to me is to alays hold your head high. No matter how tall or short you are, holding your head high is a very noticable trait.
Contact Info:
- Website: https://utamavs.com/sports/womens-volleyball/roster/alexis-bull/14337
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/alexis.bull04/?next=%2F
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- Twitter: alexisbull2004
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