Humans of Reno: ‘From the Cradle to the Grave’, A Nevada Lacrosse Player
Second year Nevada lacrosse player Marie Kelly says that lacrosse has really “helped her handle life.”
Playing for seven years total, lacrosse has given Marie Kelly an outlet for her everyday stress and frustration. “It keeps me sane,” she says.
With a family from the East Coast, Kelly was turned onto lacrosse from an early age. So when she found a team after moving to Las Vegas as a child she says that she “couldn’t pass it up.”
Was taking her love for the sport to a collegiate level difficult? “Playing at any university is difficult,” she says. “You have to be able to balance your academic and your athletic life and that’s definitely a difficult thing to do, but there’s something about being able to wear that Wolf Pack logo on your jacket or your backpack that shows you’re a student athlete and makes it all worth it.”
Listen to her explain the importance of teamwork and camaraderie in the audio mini-documentary.
Photos, Story and Audio by Taylor Harkrader
