Gabi Razma will put the “student” in “student athlete.”
The Durango High School dual-sport star will continue both her track and field and volleyball careers at the Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology in Terre Haute, Indiana, after recently signing her national letter of intent to join the school.
She plans to major in biomedical engineering on top of competing at the Division III level in two sports.
“What I like about it is it allows me to do my academics first and then athletics, that’s why I have the opportunity to do both those sports,” said Razma.
She was a second-team all-state libero for the DHS volleyball team and had two top-10 finishes in the jumping events at the state track meet this spring.
“It’s not going to be too much, and I can lay off one (of the sports) if I need to,” she said.
Razma originally is from Chicago and has family friends in the midwest, which is how she first became aware of the school. Her interest in the biomedical engineering field further drew Razma in.
“My mom’s family is all engineers, so I was familiar with that, and my dad’s a doctor,” said Razma, daugther of Ed and Kristina Razma. “I really like the medicine part of his job, but I didn’t like how he was always working, and it was a really high-stress job. It was a good mix of the two.”
Razma sees the two sports as a way to keep busy and stay healthy at school as opposed to being something stressful.
“It’ll definitely help keep my focus, so I’m not getting into trouble,” she said.
She’s looking forward to leaving Durango and experiencing a different place for school, even if it worries her parents a little.
“I think it helps that I’m familiar with the area. I’m excited to leave,” she said.
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