001[Music] Okay, we're going to get going here. I'm holding a mic because this is a live stream. So, this is Brian Johnson coming to you from uh Euphr High School. And uh what we have today is a little signing day for some of our student athletes here at Ephrada. and uh we have some family members and friends in the crowd and and we're excited to to uh have everyone here. Um, our first how how this will kind of work is we'll bring them up one at a time and uh Paisley Ribble is with Tiger Vision and she's going to ask a few questions for each each of the students and then once they're done answering those questions uh family and uh whoever whoever you want uh the three people to be in the picture can
002come on up. Okay. And so that's that's all do. So we'll go one at a time. All right. And Audi, you're going to you're going to start Audi Gray. So, Audi, come on up. Audi Gray. All right. I think we're going to start this off with uh what college are you going to and what are you going for? I'm going to CBC, which is a Columbia Based Community College, and I'm going for radiology. Can you share a moment from your high school career that helped you shape as an athlete? Definitely, I'd say my junior year. Uh, it was my first time being fully lived and I just wanted to be the best for my team and ended up putting in a lot of hard work and got defensive player of the year that year and
003also last year for my senior year. Great. Who has had the biggest impact on your athletic journey so far? I'd say my family has always been there. Like from when I was younger until now, they've always supported me. And definitely Coach Mloud. Um all four years of my high school career, they she's always been there. If I wanted extra practice time, need to do something else. She was always there motivating me and helping me be a better teammate for my team. What are you most excited about as you take this next step into your athletic and academic journey? I'm excited to branch off. I don't really know anybody that's going to CBC, so I'm excited to grow as an individual and also continue my career in volleyball and get better. What advice would you give
004younger athletes who look up to you and want to take a similar path? Don't give up when it gets hard for everything in life. Uh if it gets hard, keep working and put more effort in and it'll reward you at the end. All right, perfect. Now I think it's time for the family to come up. Bring those balloons. Many as you want. All right, up next we have Olivia Bicondova. Okay, what college are you going to and what are you going for? I'm going to Simpson University. It's in Reading, California. And I'm going for early childhood education. Can you share a moment from your high school career that helped shape you as an athlete? Um, I can't say there's one individual moment, but probably just my four years in general, just sticking with my sports.
005Who has had the biggest impact on your athletic journey so far? There's a couple of people. My tournament coaches for sure. They've had the biggest impact. They've been the ones who genuinely got me through this whole process and believed that I could do it from the beginning. Um, but definitely my biggest um supporter was probably my dad. He's definitely been the one who's put the time in at the cages and the fields and everything. So, perfect. What are you most excited about as you take this next step into your athletic and academic journey? I'm just excited to venture out of Ephraa. I've been I love Ephida, but I'm super excited to make new memories, make new friends, and yeah. What advice would you give younger athletes who look up to you and want a similar
006path? If you want to play at college, then there's a place for you. So, just don't give up. Don't get discouraged by failure, a team that doesn't want to. So, yeah. Perfect. And now it's time for the family. All right. Next, we're here with Carter Schultz. Uh, what college are you going to and what are you going for? I'm going to, uh, Odessa College, and I'm going to get my AAS in welding. Can you share a moment in your high school career that helped shape you as an athlete? One of the biggest things in high school that helped me shape helped shape me as an athlete is uh wrestling and the way it helped to push me to be a better athlete. Who has had the biggest impact on your athletic journey so far? I'd
007have to say the biggest impact or the person who had the biggest impact in my life for my sports would have to be my mom for dragging me around everywhere to every rodeo and everywhere. Can you share what you're most excited about in your next step as an athletic and athlete and an oh my good student athlete? Um the most the thing I'm most excited about for my next step as an athletic athlete is um traveling, getting to go new meet new people, go other places and get to see what the big show's about. What advice would you give a younger athlete who looked up to you and wants to follow your path? The advice I'd give to a younger athlete is never give up. Keep trying and work till you can't work no more.
008Perfect. Time for the family. Now, if all three of you could come up so we can take a picture, that'd be perfect. One thing, have a seat. Uh, one other thing that I think's neat is CJ's going for rodeo. I don't know if they they said they were they're going to study. So, that's a good sign parents that they're gonna because when I went to the University of Washington, I went there to study baseball and and get school too, but not really. Okay. So, uh, but anyways, that their hard work has been awesome. They've represented the prayer of well here. We're excited to see what you guys do at the next level. uh you know this is signing day. So keep keep those dreams going and and get to uh enjoy that the next level
009um as you get there a year from now this fall or whatever, right? Sometimes people sign and they don't quite make it and we want to see you that your supporters want to see you keep going and and play at the next level. Um so Carter's again going to Odessa for Rodeo. Olivia's going to Simpson down in California for u fast pitch softball and Audi's going to be playing some volleyball down in uh CBC. So congratulations. Let's give all three a big round of [Applause] applause. Think that's it. You guys want to take more photos? Okay, thank you guys for watching and uh that was the end of it.