2023-09-22 17:25:47
As Johnson describes it, staying motivated prior to this year was pretty simple. It essentially comes down to staying in the moment and doing the right things.
“You look at it like, ‘What can I do to put myself in a position where I can be useful to the team?’” she said. “How can I impact everyone else around me on the court in the best way possible? I just try to keep those things in mind.”
Johnson grew up in Potter, Nebraska, which lists a population of 345. It’s located in the Nebraska panhandle near the Colorado border. It’s also 20 miles from Sidney, Nebraska, the town where she attended high school.
Potter, though located in a state that borders South Dakota, is 438 miles from Vermillion. In nearby Sidney, where as a six-rotation player Johnson had career totals of 1,363 kills, 1,288 digs and 200 service aces, the town’s Wikipedia entry tells us that one of its five most famous people was a fellow named Luke Short. Short, who died of natural causes in 1893, was a renowned gunfighter.
Clearly, in some ways Vermillion is a long way from home.
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