Word: mayer
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Mayer says she was actively recruited by coach Sue Caples and, although wait listed, was eventually admitted to the College and drafted to the varsity team as backup goalie...
...season progressed, Mayer discovered the perks of being a Harvard athlete. The equipment was fancier, a laundry service cleaned her dirty jersies and instead of the worn green vinyl seats of Rhinebeck buses, Harvard had reclining cushioned numbers with televisions in the aisles...
...like nothing I'd ever seen before--they had a laundry service for your clothes after practice, and if you wanted to lift they had a weight room," says Mayer, noting that back in Rhinebeck the sole weight machine was relegated to the tech-ed room...
...neared the end of her first season--an exhausting an exhilarating drill in new equipment and team relations--Mayer felt her dream taking shape...
After diving, or slide-tackling, a ball during a game at the end of the season, Mayer sustained a concussion that caused short term memory loss and eventually forced her to leave school--and the team...