Scholar, Veteran, and Educator
Tayler Harris
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Tayler Harris is a native of Texas. She started playing sports at the age of ten. She went to Lakeview Centennial High School in Garland, Texas from 2018 -2021 and graduated with a 3.8 GPA. Tayler has a love for sports, she played basketball, soccer, volleyball, and ran track but she ended up loving volleyball more than the other sports. Tayler is now in her senior year of college at (GSU) Grambling State University, and will be graduating in the summer of 2023 AMPS: What was your childhood like? Tayler: I grew up very privileged and I was a very happy child. AMPS: What position did you play in sports? Tayler: In track I did 4x1, 4x2, 100 and 200 relay. I did the long and triple jump. In volleyball my position was Libero back left, in soccer my position was right and left back, and I played point guard and shooting guard in basketball. AMPS: Out of all of the sports that you’ve played, what was your favorite sport and why? Tayler: I started basketball at the age of ten and I loved the game, but as I got older and got into high school I learned the game of volleyball. I played basketball until my sophomore year in high but it was a step up from high school. school. My coach at the time was a very good coach and she told me from what she could see that I had a lot of potential, so when AMPS: Looking back, how do you feel now knowing that you didn’t give up and you gave it one more try? I heard that I just poured everything into playing volleyball. Tayler: It feels really good, because If I had given up I would AMPS: What grade were you in when you started taking college have had to go back to doing regular classes in high school, and I didn’t want to do that and I didn’t want to let my parents down. courses in high school? Tayler: Going into high school my freshman year, was this program called the Collision program and my mom really wanted AMPS: What college did you choose to go to and why? me to do that because she knew that it would take two years off of Taylor: I chose to go to Prairie View A&M because I wanted to college. Not only that it would save a lot of money. I had to take a be far away from home, and it was being talked about a lot and it lot of tests and the main test was called the (TFI) Tiered Fidelity looked fun. I knew anywhere I went that I was going to get a good Inventory test and I had to pass the math and the reading por- education but when I got there it was a lot of people that I didn’t tion of that test. I failed the math part five times but I passed the associate with anymore. There were negative vibes all around me reading part the first time. After failing the math part my mom and I just didn’t want to be there anymore. After the semester told me if I didn’t pass it the next time that I didn’t have to take was over I transferred to (GSU) Grambling State University. I had it again. It stressed me out to the point that I would go home and more room to be myself and it was very welcoming and I just cry. I’m good at math to a certain extent because math is actually liked it more and I felt more comfortable around the people and very hard. After giving it one more try I passed it and it was up- the environment. hill from there. I was in (AP) Advanced Placement level classes. AMPS: What did you major in and why? It was a lot of hard work, but I made it through. Taylor: My freshman/junior year I majored in Criminal Justice. I AMPS: How was that experience for you being a freshman in wanted to be a crime scene investigator. I loved watching shows on TV like that, and I know that isn’t the real thing. It was just high school and taking college classes at the same time? Tayler: I had friends in the same program as I was so it wasn’t like the idea of solving a crime, and then I was told that you had to I was alone and it was fun. I actually had to go to the college for become a police officer and I didn’t want to do that. class. I went to East Field College and it wasn’t a real big college,
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