It's hard to play competitively in Canada and still be a full-time student, so when I heard from IU, I jumped at the chance. It's a great opportunity to play the sport you love and get a great education.

It has allowed me to experiment with different styles of play to come up with the most successful one. Everyone has something new to contribute, so you can learn from everyone on your team.

We have great team chemistry and I think a lot of our success can be attributed to how well we all get along. We aren't just teammate, we're more importantly friends.

We have all played together for so long. We have a lot of chemistry. We know how each other plays and can predict what they are going to do next.

People are always ready to play Team Canada. It's been like that for a long time, but every tournament we seem to deal with it pretty well.

That (championship) opened up a lot of new doors. It was exciting to play in Canada and Spain for the USA Elite Team. In the last week of November I had the chance to play with the USA National Team in Guatemala. Basically, it was the Olympic team. I pitched two and one-half games. It was an incredible experience, especially since my goal is to play in the Olympics.