For most college freshmen, leaving home for the first time can be hard. It’s a difficult transition for anyone to say goodbye to loved ones, move into a small room with a complete stranger and get used to a totally different lifestyle. While this is generally the case for most freshmen, it can be even more overwhelming for international students — those on a collegiate sports team on top of that.
For freshman center on the women’s basketball team, Hana Vesela, this is her daily routine.
Vesela is an international student from Príbor, a small town in the Czech Republic, and although she comes from a country that is thousands of miles away, she’s been getting used to American culture for a few years.