Today Former NC State standout on the volleyball team, Lauryn Terry was interviewed. She was a star at NC State with a 2019 team-high of 96 blocks! In the interview, Lauryn discusses her volleyball career from beginning to present. She emphasized what club volleyball did for her and how it gave her the opportunity to play at NC State.

She mentioned that club volleyball is essential to receiving the opportunity to play at the next level. Along with many other sports engaging in the competitive travel/club sports world will give an athlete exposure and make them better athletes because they are competing for a lot and facing good competition. In this sports podcast, she gives a full recruiting process story and why she picked NC State over other schools.

While at NC State Lauryn emphasized the importance of using academic resources that are given to you! They are essential to help us, athletes, since sometimes our schedules can be crazy. Every student-athlete has a story about the overwhelming times of their career where they had to have late nights or stressful days based on the things they had to do. Lauryn too gave some examples of her going through this. As this can be frustrating at the moment, it only makes you stronger and gives you plenty of skills that stick with you for life!

Lastly, we had a conversation about Lauryn starting her professional volleyball career in Lugano, Switzerland! She talks about the process of her trek to play pro and the steps that she took. It is a very interesting and exciting part of her career as she is starting very soon. Lauryn is living her dreams, tune in to hear her story and student-athlete experience!

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