We Are National Champions! – University of Nebraska

One Shot at a Time

Just playing for a championship was unreal to me.

Being on live television and playing for a national title, I still get nervous thinking about it. And I know I wasn’t the only one my team feeling this way.

Before we rolled our first ball, I was so caught up in trying to find a television provider so that my family back home could watch. 

You see, this was a really big deal. After all, it’s because of them that I was in this position.

But once I did and competition started, it was heads down and tunnel vision.

To stay out of my own head, I tried to treat it as any ordinary match. My goal was to keep everything simple.

Easier said than done, I can tell you that.

I just focused on taking everything one shot at a time. Even after we lost the first game in the series, I stuck by that mindset the rest of the way. I knew I’d be okay if I kept my thoughts in place and focused on making my shots.

The moment Coach Pluhowsky came over to me and told me it was over was when everything came bursting out. 

“We’re national champions.”

I don’t even know how to describe that feeling. I wouldn’t know where to start, seriously. I still get goosebumps just thinking about. And I have a feeling it’ll continue to be like this for a very long time.

I don’t think I could have bowled with just anyone and accomplished something like this, either. This group of girls is special in ways I could have never imagined. 

We did it—all of us.

And best of all, we did it together.