Soon she was swimming competitively.[1] She also took to sled hockey, archery, tennis, cross country skiing,[2] and track and field sports, including discus, shot put, and distance races while at Waterville-Elysian-Morristown High School.[3] Then she discovered wheelchair basketball, playing with the Courage Center Rolling Timberwolves. In this sport, in which she is classified a 3.5 point player,[5] she was a National Junior champion in 2008, 2009 and 2010. She won a gold medal in 2010 at the U20 World Championship, and then another at 2011 Women's U25 Wheelchair Basketball World Championship in St. Catharines, Canada.[3]