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Rebekah Ross Brigham Young University By Tim Reilly
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One of my favorite pictures is of a small girl in yellow rubber boots and a pink rain jacket squatting in the muddy grass of an expansive field, staring and poking into the earth below her with fascination. While most would miss it in the larger landscape, she found something rich in this spot that is worth a piece of her day. In my 30 years of teaching and now 6 years of coaching a club of hundreds of good athletes passing through, I’ve learned the same rich insight that each athlete has a unique and special tale of their journey to me.
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Often there has been a network of supportive parents, teachers, and coaches in the story, but in the case of North West Pole Vault senior Rebekah Ross, there is also a remarkable history of passionate industry on multiple fronts. Like many of the athletes I coach, Rebekah is a rock star student. She maintains a 4.0 GPA and also takes as many AP courses as she can. She will have managed 13 of them before graduating. Students like Rebekah often exhaust themselves at the expense of their spirit, espe-
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