Through this challenging time, Cornelius continued to remember that trying to shoulder the burden alone wouldn’t help, a lesson she learned from head coach Katie Meier.
“When I was in somewhat of a negative spiral [in college] and wasn’t very confident about my game, I was called into Coach Meier’s office,” Cornelius said. “Without saying a word, she handed me over a bottle of water and told me to hold it in front of me with a straight arm. Even though the bottle wasn’t heavy, that task was hard and I wanted to put the bottle down very quickly. That bottle represented the weight on my shoulders, and it made me realize that the weight itself wasn’t that heavy, but me carrying it and trying to hold onto it, was in fact what made it heavy and made me feel bad.”
