Maryville Wom­en’s Soc­cer: St. Louis na­tive at Maryville Uni­ver­sity.

Halle Ezell is a Sopho­more at Maryville Uni­ver­sity. Be­fore Maryville, Ezell Played for the Oakville High School in St. Louis, Mis­souri. Dur­ing her se­nior year at Oakville High School, Ezell had scored two goals and four as­sists for the Tigers.

Ezell says that she en­joys play­ing here at Maryville.

She said, “my fa­vorite part about be­ing a col­lege ath­lete is mak­ing a group of friends when you start your col­lege ca­reer but also keep be­ing in shape to be able to per­form the best on the field.”

Ezell talks about how it can be chal­leng­ing to be in­volved with ath­let­ics and bal­ance it with your so­cial life and school. Be­ing a reg­u­lar stu­dent seems easy com­pared to what it is like to be a stu­dent-ath­lete. There is a lot more re­spon­si­bil­ity, and the chal­lenge that your body goes through men­tally and phys­i­cally is much more than just an av­er­age stu­dent.

Ezell also talks about how she looks up to her friend Rachel Mar­tin as a men­tor. She said, “I try to play as she does. We play the same po­si­tion, and she does her best to help me bet­ter un­der­stand our po­si­tion and how I can im­prove.”

She says the im­por­tance of hav­ing some­one to look up to is ben­e­fi­cial. It is also es­sen­tial to have ex­cel­lent morale over­all be­tween team­mates. Ezell said, “It is es­sen­tial to have good team chem­istry among the play­ers be­cause it helps the team play bet­ter, in­creas­ing the com­mu­ni­ca­tion on the field.”

Ezell gave some ad­vice to young girls seek­ing an op­por­tu­nity to play soc­cer at a col­lege level; she said, “I think they should know that it’s not a joke and there is a lot of work in­volved. It can some­times be hard to bal­ance things, but it will be worth it.”

Lastly, Ezell says that she will not be con­tin­u­ing to play soc­cer. She men­tions that she will miss her team­mates and the at­mos­phere of col­lege soc­cer.