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🗓️ 17 November 2021
⏱️ 48 minutes
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Anna Podojil is a scorer. How else would you describe someone who’s scored 34 goals in three seasons for a Razorback soccer team that has become a top-25 mainstay? What separates her is a desire to be the best. That drive helped Podojil become one of the most sought-after high school talents, attracting interest from the best programs in the nation. But she had her heart set on the Razorbacks, and helping the Arkansas program reach new heights. And Podojil has been at the forefront of the Razorbacks’ rise to the top of the SEC. She’s been an SEC Freshman of the Year and Forward of the Year, and a two-time All-American. But more importantly than any individual accolades, Podojil and her teammates have accomplished the goal of raising the bar at Arkansas, which earned its first ever No. 2 seed at that NCAA Tournament in 2021. No matter how many goals Podojil scores in her Arkansas career, she’ll have accomplished her mission of elevating the Razorback program.
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0:00.0 | I had like this gut feeling that I wanted to go to Arkansas though, but I would have like coaches and like my teammates being like, oh you're like you're so much better than that. Like they're not even good. And then I also think Colby was like a big part in my decision to come here just because he had so much like confidence in the program |
0:14.9 | He was like you know like trust me like you can turn this program around like we can win a national championship |
0:20.0 | And then I think that kind of just like stuck with me. I wanted to go to a program where I could like make an impact right away and I think I'vetingly and this episode is made possible by our friends at First Security Bank, |
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0:53.0 | Look at this. |
0:54.0 | What never by Arkansas to take over and Potagill finishes. |
0:59.0 | It comes out of nowhere. |
1:02.0 | Anna Potagill is a scorer. |
1:04.0 | How else would you describe someone who scored 34 goals in three seasons |
1:09.0 | for a razorback soccer team that has become a top 25 mainstay and she's been like this her whole life |
1:15.5 | driven by a deep desire to be the very best. I have like an internal like |
1:22.4 | drive and motivation to be good at like everything I do and like give a hundred percent like |
1:26.3 | You always been like that? Yeah, I think I've always been like that. I don't know where I get it from I mean obviously like my parents I think but I think I just have a |
1:35.2 | strong like internal drive to like be the best to everything I'm doing in life. |
1:40.4 | That drive helped Potageo become a coveted high school talent, attracting interest from the nation's best programs. |
1:47.0 | But she had her heart set on helping the razorbacks reach new heights. |
1:51.0 | You clinch the third straight SEC regular season title. |
1:55.8 | So when Colby was recruiting you, talking about winning, |
1:59.6 | it mean you're three for three. |
2:01.9 | I know he wasn't lying and pot of Jill has been at the |
2:05.4 | forefront of Arkansas's rise to the top of the SEC she's been SEC freshman |
2:10.7 | of the year forward of the year and a two-time all-American. |
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