When Ali Skayhan was just 10 years old, she fell in love with volleyball. It wasn't long before Skayhan's future had been mapped out and was in motion.
"I told my coach once that I wanted to play for as long as I could," Skayhan said. "She told me that I would need to play in high school and in college, and then I would have to go to Europe to play professionally."
Since that moment, Skayhan grew up telling her parents she was going to play volleyball internationally, but it didn't sink in for them until Skayhan was 18 and off to college.