Margaret's), the Sea Kings will likely finish the year ranked in the top three in CIF Southern Section Division I and the top ten in the State.Somewhere, Alivia Roskovich is exhausted.Open DMG Files with 7-Zip. After impressive wins down the stretch (Torrey Pines, Mater Dei and St. You can't beat it.' With the loss, CDM falls to 14-4 on the season. Public high school lacrosse is really special.A fuller explanation of each award is listed below.Cynamon , Edward. Our Youth Awards are given in nine different categories. USA Lacrosse Youth Awards.Naval Academy, which kicked off a six-week program of rigorous physical and mental training called "Plebe summer."About five weeks from now she'll look back with a sense of accomplishment as she faces four years as a Midshipman — and on top of it all she'll be playing lacrosse."Right when I stepped on campus, I knew that it wasn't a regular college experience, but it was something more, and I liked that," Roskovich said. She signed up for this — and she couldn't be happier about it.Tuesday was Induction Day at the U.S. , assignor to La Crosse Trailer Corporation , La Crosse , Wis.
Back when she was a freshman, her dad had a catering job at the Naval Academy for a commercial shoot.He instantly saw what he thought would be the perfect fit for his aggressive and driven daughter."He was like 'Liv, this is so you,' " she said. And she gets it.Just a few years ago, she wouldn't have seen herself doing so either.Alivia's dad, Pete Roskovich, a two-time All-American lacrosse player at Salisbury University, is the owner of Adam's Taphouse Grill and Black Diamond Catering company. I enjoyed that side of it when I first toured it."She knows people may not think it was the best choice for a talented high school athlete who excels in the classroom to choose a commitment to military service in this global environment instead of just picking a school. You had more of a purpose. Wasn't even on her radar.Then during her sophomore year she attended a Duke Lacrosse camp during the winter break. The Naval Academy was nowhere on the list. One of the many benefits was a recruiting coach who encouraged the players to begin planning their futures.Alivia put together a notebook that laid out her options, among them some 20 colleges. She was too interested in having fun at the time, like any other high school freshman — or at least she thought so at the time.During the fall of that freshman year at Parkside, she was playing for the Maryland United lacrosse club in Baltimore. Jokes about drill sergeants aside, she said she is pretty sure she has never woken up and not made her bed."I think it really does stem from my mom," Alivia said. My mom is kind of a drill sergeant, but not to the extent of that."Mom Linda, a Senior Interactive Marketing Manager at Perdue Farms, instilled a sense of structure in Alivia that she thinks will help her thrive in a military setting. "I had no military experience. "It was work hard for a reason, serve your country — an ultimate goal in mind, a team atmosphere, compared to here I am working for this major, doing my own thing at civilian college."Everyone working toward one purpose gives you motivation, drives you to succeed."That summer she got the opportunity to assuage any fears she had about whether the military lifestyle was something that would clash with her personality.She stayed at the Naval Academy for a week for summer seminar, an immersion into what you will face should you pursue an appointment — right down to having people yell in your face."I was nervous that I wouldn't like the yelling, but that solidified that I did enjoy the military lifestyle, I guess," she said. But the more she thought about Navy, the more it seemed like the right option."I like the mindset instead of everyone not just trying to have fun," she said. There is no letter of intent, in fact.There are requirements and the process takes time.Alivia was coaching a lacrosse camp at Salisbury University when the realization hit her that she wanted to go to Navy. But getting in to the Naval Academy isn't like signing a letter of intent to another Division I sports program. I think I'm glad I had her to do that for me."While she was becoming sure about the Navy, the school never wavered from her as a lacrosse player. Everything has to be in order. In the meantime, she also had a "Blue and Gold interview" with a Naval Academy alum, who had to review her as an applicant.As her senior year rolled on and she saw other athletes holding signings for their colleges of choice, she said didn't want to talk about hers in case something went wrong.In December, the last piece of her application puzzle came into place when she received a nomination from Rep. Her grades were good and she met the physical requirement.On top of that, she needed a senatorial or congressional appointment, which she began applying for in September.During the summer before her senior season, she had three appointment interviews in hopes of securing a spot. Just 75 percent of those who get into summer seminar actually receive an academy appointment.There are three key elements to an appointment — physical, medical and mental. Everything will be paid for — "tuition, food, everything."After that, she will have a choice between trying to get in the Marines, entering the Navy as an officer or Navy Flight School in Florida.Her goal is to fly helicopters, which would take three years in Florida and would be followed by an eight-year military commitment."I went for helicopter ride last summer and I was like this is awesome and I could actually do this with my life," she said. She looks at it more as an opportunity.She will go to college for four years and play lacrosse. That doesn't scare Alivia. She was going to Navy.As for the military commitment that comes with it. Mac searching for filesAnd it started on Tuesday when they saw her off along with her parents in Annapolis.Five weeks from now, Alivia's "Plebe Summer" will come to an end, but her Navy life is just beginning. She had been tackling the workouts that came in a 100-page packet from the Navy.She had 24 inches cut off her hair to get to military specifications and got her required shots.When she had to send in her measurements for her uniform, it all started to sink in."That's when I started thinking I'm not going to be here anymore," she said.Despite her independence — it took her a full day to realize she should probably tell her parents she committed — she is close to her family, including her two sisters.Alexis will be a senior lacrosse player at Canisius next year and Abigail will be a sophomore for the Rams, but of the three, she says she's probably the only one who would consider such a plan.She'll miss them all.
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