2008 — 2022
Soccer
Club + varsity
“Eleven people have to be wrong about the same thing at the same time to lose. Most problems are coordination problems.”
Athletics
Leadership & sacrifice,
learned on team buses.
Leadership and sacrifice didn't come from books. They came from locker rooms, team buses, and 6 a.m. practices.
2016 — 2022
Lacrosse
Varsity captain
“Captaincy isn't the loudest voice in the locker room. It's the person the locker room watches when things are quiet.”
2012 — Present
Snowboarding
“Commit to the edge. You hesitate mid-turn, you eat snow. Same in a pitch meeting.”
2014 — Present
Tennis
“You play who's across the net, not the scoreboard. Everything you need is the next point.”
What the locker room taught me
You can't fake
being the person
your team looks at when it's quiet.
Leadership isn't charisma. It's the composure your team sees when the score is bad and the bus is silent. I learned how to be that person before I ever ran a company. I think about it every day I walk into Ping.