Girls Assistant Director of Coaching Julia Osmond is quick to had to make the transition to a different team because of age agree. “Alison is a very energetic player who gives everything that she requirement changes. She was on an 01 team and is now a member can when playing and practicing. She has the hunger and desire to of the 00 Lady Lobos Rush Premier, coached by Clint Browne. “She become what could be a fantastic college player. She played many had been captain of that team for several years; she was such an years as sweeper but this year has become more of a RB who has the embedded part of that 01 team. She was very close to the group she’d ability to get forward and deliver some fantastic crosses.” grown up playing with,” he says. “She was unsure about the 00 girls; it With some former team leaders having to play up, as Alison is, it’s was like taking baby steps.” tougher now to jump into the lead. “When she does choose to open Browne laughs and says, “Alison is 100 percent in and is busting her her mouth, the girls will listen,” Browne says. The coach has known gut now. She’s all-in and has adjusted well.” Browne is proud of Alison’s her family for years and coached Alison’s sister. He teases that her work ethic. “One of the assets that I love from her is a winning mentality. nickname when she was six or seven years old was ‘Salty Dog’. “I’m She absolutely competes in practice. I will never, ever have to question going to continue to call her Salty Dog unless she starts communicating her level of intensity. She may not play her best game, but I never have to on the field,” he laughs. question her work rate. She will be an outstanding college athlete.”