For Veronica Burton, faith comes before anything. Every morning before she starts her day, she reads a devotion from scripture. Her favorite is Philippians 4:5-7.
“It talks about [how] in everything that I do, instead of worrying, pray to God,” said Burton, who just wrapped up a nationally-recognized season as Northwestern’s senior point guard. “Sometimes I get overwhelmed with all the things that I’m trying to do… It’s easy to get caught up in the accolades, the noise. But giving those things to God has been a major key for me.”
While the foundation of her faith was instilled by her family, Burton said it reached new levels during her freshman year when she realized that she was on her own.