Jiharia Young plays 3 sports all year round and she maintains a 3.5 GPA while doing them. She's very focused and always gives her all.
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Receive Text UpdatesShe enjoys being in a loving environment while also doing what she loves, it was a time in her life when we kept losing family members, sports gave her a sense of belonging. A place where she can forget everything for those few hours, it's a lot of people in the world who uses sports as a distraction but in her case she needed it to succeed and prosper. She would have never made it far if it was for God leading her way through it all
Family inspired her on and off the field because she can look in the crowd to see her great support system watching her. Most people on her team family has either barely came to games or meets or did not show up at all. What people fail to realize is that it is important to show your children that you support them in any and everything they do.
One of the proudest moments was when she set a school record by making an 90yd touchdown.
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