You realize winning is a lot fun and it’s a great feeling, but we also learned that what it takes to stay on top is so much harder than even getting there.”
Like most stand out athletes, there came a time when Brett had to face his biggest challenge regarding his future, lacrosse or football. Now for most high school boys growing up minutes from the Horseshoe and watching those great Ohio State football teams play growing up, this is a very easy decision, I mean it’s a top 10 football
school, kids
from all over
the country vie
for a position to
play there and
on national
television. Not
so fast there
thunder, for
Brett it wasn’t
that cut and
dry. “Ultimately
I grew up wanting to be an Ohio State football player but when I went on my recruiting trip there I felt like I was going into a business and it didn’t feel like playing a game that I love.” “I remember one of the coaches walking into our room full of highly rated recruits and asking who wants to play in the NFL, and I remember thinking to myself what an odd question, I’m trying to figure out where I want to go to school and you’re selling the NFL.” “I also didn’t want to go to college down the street from where I lived. I was getting recruited by North Carolina and Duke and those were schools that I could
see myself
playing both
football and
lacrosse at.”
But then the
proverbial
monkey
wrench was
thrown, he
stepped foot
on the
University of Virginia campus and
met the
lacrosse staff
and team. He
was being
recruited by
the number 1
team in the
nation, they
just won a
National
Championship
, and they
wanted Brett. “When I went to
Virginia I felt like it
was a family, the
kids were fun,
everyone knew
everyone else’s
name, where they
were from, and
that stuff means a
lot to me. There
were kids from
private schools in
Baltimore and
Long Island, and
kids from public
schools all over the