Jessica Riffle
Alyssa Stechow gives her all when she’s on the volleyball court. She plays on both the Keystone High School volleyball team and for The Southwest Volleyball Club which happens to be currently placed second in all of Ohio. “Volleyball is my passion,” says Stechow who has been playing for seven years, “My travel team (Southwest Volleyball Club) this year is doing pretty well so far. I played on the 18 year-old's team last year and was the youngest, and we were the first regional team ever to make it to Nationals in Reno, NV.”
Her hard work over the years has earned her a substantial volleyball scholarship at Robert Morris University in Chicago. Stechow is majoring in Graphic Design and is considering pursuing a career in museum coordination or architectural design. “I’m so excited to be in a huge city with thousands of different people,” says Stechow in anticipation of her move to Chicago in the fall. She will have four roommates in her apartment situated just off of the chic Michigan Avenue.
Stechow is not only looking forward to next fall in Chicago but also an amazing summer she has planned for herself. She is visiting the Dolphin Research Center in the Florida Keys as a graduation gift. She is also going to Outer Banks, North Carolina for her eighteenth birthday. “I love the beach. It’s my favorite,” says Stechow who frequents the Atlantic Coast annually. No work, all play isn’t the case for this seventeen year-old though. “I want to get a job so I can save up money for college so my parents don’t have to send me checks every week,” says Stechow, “but I want to have fun and see my friends too.” “I babysit now, but want something more consistent and serious” she says, “hopefully I’ll find something that will let me transfer to another store when I go to Chicago in the fall so that I don’t have to find a new job all over again.”
Stechow has already set out goals for herself for the next four years. “I want to be the best student and the best volleyball player I possibly can,” says the KHS senior. “Don’t worry about what everyone thinks, and just be yourself.” Although moving to the big city alone may seem a little scary for a young adult from a microscopic town, Stechow believes that “the biggest risks are the ones you don’t take.”
Alyssa Stechow gives her all when she’s on the volleyball court. She plays on both the Keystone High School volleyball team and for The Southwest Volleyball Club which happens to be currently placed second in all of Ohio. “Volleyball is my passion,” says Stechow who has been playing for seven years, “My travel team (Southwest Volleyball Club) this year is doing pretty well so far. I played on the 18 year-old's team last year and was the youngest, and we were the first regional team ever to make it to Nationals in Reno, NV.”
Her hard work over the years has earned her a substantial volleyball scholarship at Robert Morris University in Chicago. Stechow is majoring in Graphic Design and is considering pursuing a career in museum coordination or architectural design. “I’m so excited to be in a huge city with thousands of different people,” says Stechow in anticipation of her move to Chicago in the fall. She will have four roommates in her apartment situated just off of the chic Michigan Avenue.
Stechow is not only looking forward to next fall in Chicago but also an amazing summer she has planned for herself. She is visiting the Dolphin Research Center in the Florida Keys as a graduation gift. She is also going to Outer Banks, North Carolina for her eighteenth birthday. “I love the beach. It’s my favorite,” says Stechow who frequents the Atlantic Coast annually. No work, all play isn’t the case for this seventeen year-old though. “I want to get a job so I can save up money for college so my parents don’t have to send me checks every week,” says Stechow, “but I want to have fun and see my friends too.” “I babysit now, but want something more consistent and serious” she says, “hopefully I’ll find something that will let me transfer to another store when I go to Chicago in the fall so that I don’t have to find a new job all over again.”
Stechow has already set out goals for herself for the next four years. “I want to be the best student and the best volleyball player I possibly can,” says the KHS senior. “Don’t worry about what everyone thinks, and just be yourself.” Although moving to the big city alone may seem a little scary for a young adult from a microscopic town, Stechow believes that “the biggest risks are the ones you don’t take.”
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| Alyssa spikes the ball during a KHS volleyball game |
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