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As with any recruit who made her college decision since the Covid-19 virus closed campuses in March, blue chip Lauren Anzalotta wasn’t able to take any official visits. When she arrives in Stillwater this week to prepare for her freshman year at Oklahoma State, the 18-year-old will see her new home for the first time, with only a FaceTime tour earlier this summer serving as her guide.
Blue Chip Lauren Anzalotta Has Signed with Oklahoma State
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Although Anzalotta admits to some anxiety about all the unknowns, her experience when Hurricane Maria devastated her home in Puerto Rico in 2017 taught her a valuable lesson about disasters beyond her control.
“I was there a while after it happened and it was very devastating for the island, for a lot of people; there were many deaths and people without electricity,” said Anzalotta, who was born in Puerto Rico and lived there before leaving to train in Florida when she was 9. “I couldn't play some tournaments because I couldn't leave the island and my training was not good afterwards. After I was able to leave the island and go back to the States to start training, it just kind of changed my perspective on how I think, how I should really cherish this sport more. You never know what's going to happen in the blink of an eye. Don’t focus so much on materialistic things or things you can't control, but go out there and have fun on a tennis court.”
