FAYETTEVILLE -- Four years ago, Daina Harper wasn't sure if she'd run track in college.
Things weren't looking good late in her senior season at Houston Cypress High School. Stephen F. Austin University offered a scholarship in October 2013, but that changed in the winter.
"The Stephen F. Austin offer was pulled," Harper said. "They said I was taking too long to make a decision."
No other colleges had offered her a scholarship by April.
"I had nothing," Harper said. "I mean, nothing."
Harper figured she might attend Lone Star Community College or the University of Houston.