Growing up in Bonney Lake, Washington, sophomore goalkeeper Brynna Nixon would spend her Sunday afternoons watching Russell Wilson and the Seattle Seahawks with her family.
Nixon said she admired and looked up to Wilson for the fact that he was proving his doubters wrong.
“I did look up to him a lot because he was short and so everyone said he couldn’t play in the NFL,” Nixon said. “He took that in stride and said ‘I’m short and I can’t change that, but I’m still going to be a great player.'”
Nixon has now taken that same mentality now as the starting goalkeeper for the Marquette women’s lacrosse team.