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By Kylie Ohlmiller, 4x IWLCA All-American, 2x Tewaaraton Finalist  @kyohlmiller

Growing up playing lacrosse the ultimate goal is to go to your dream college. We’ve worked so hard all our lives to make that happen, and when it finally comes to the time when your days in high school are dwindling down and it’s time to start preparing for college – what is some of the advice that people give you?

“Make sure you’re in shape.”

“Keep an open mind.”

“Be prepared.”

“It’s going to be a big step up from high school.”

Right?

Yet, sometimes we don’t know what these pieces of advice truly mean.

I want to share a little bit of my advice for the young women who are taking their next step in their journey and are going off to college to play lacrosse. I want to take a second to explain some of the pieces of advice mentioned above, while also adding a few things that helped me through the transition from high school to college. It’s a nerve-wracking time with high school ending and college about to begin. When I was a senior in high school, I thought nothing could ever beat the four years in my hometown. But now that I am done with college, I can tell you that my four years playing college lacrosse was by far the best experience of my life.

The following is some advice that I’ve been given over the years from coaches, parents, and teammates about the transition from high school to college. And I’ve mixed in a little twist of my own, in hopes of helping you - the next generation of talented and inspirational college women’s lacrosse players – go into college with the mindset to work hard, the goal of having the time of your life, and overall excitement rather than nerves.