What You Should Know About Heather O'Reilly

Posted Sep 5, 2016
I grew up not far from Heather O'Reilly in New Jersey, and we overlapped two years at UNC. But I only truly got to know her in my first year as a pro. It’s ironic because Heather’s lived all my childhood goals. And because of that, she taught me one of the most important lessons I could have learned. She taught me that’s there’s remarkable value in the journey. (Yael Averbuch)

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