What's up, Ladyballers. Welcome back. We're Sakura Props and it's Game Time.

What's up, Ladyballers. Today in the podcast, we have Jalen Howell.

Jalen is currently playing at FSU and Erdi won two national championships there.

She made her U.S. women's national team debut this past fall.

We love chatting with her about choosing the right fit for her to grow and develop as a player,

the importance of education and appreciating her experience. Enjoy!

How are you?

I'm good. I'm good. How are you guys? We're good. We're excited to have you on the podcast today.

Thank you so much for coming on. Yeah, thank you for having me. I love your guys' page and

I've always followed it, so thank you. That's awesome. That always brings joy to our ears.

So where are you right now? I'm in my apartment at Florida State.

Nice. I know. It's so crazy. You're still at school, right?

Yeah, yeah. It is crazy just because a lot of the environments I'm in is like nobody's in school,

so I know it's wild. We're just going to jump right into it, but we would love to hear about

your growing up playing soccer, like how you ended up at FSU and a little bit about your backstory.

Yeah, of course. See, I grew up in Colorado and Colorado is kind of a soccer powerhouse for

whatever reason right now, and it has been in past years. So I grew up playing in Fort Collins.

I played since I was three or four or something like that. I've always been in love with the game.

I've always kind of prioritized that sport over all of them. I played volleyball, track,

basketball, but I've always loved soccer. So I ended up moving to Rial, Colorado,

where Sophie Smith and Malpu always have played also. And from there, they developed me,

more than I can even imagine, just Lauren Donaldson and Rivers Country. They really were the

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