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Junior juggles between roles as student, athlete, cadet

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Being a full-time student can be a college student’s time-management nightmare: With so much to do and so many places to be, it’s easy to feel like there’s not enough hours in the day.

Junior middle blocker Shelby Harper can surely relate, balancing between being a full-time student, collegiate athlete and being a member of UH’s Air Force ROTC program.

“I really wanted to serve my country and I thought ROTC was the best way to do it,” Harper said. “I can’t see myself in a 9 to 5 job behind a desk and I thought, ‘What better job is there than to serve my country?