During my junior year of high school, Jerry Jones (owner of the Cowboys) just finished building the new Dallas Cowboys practice facility in my hometown of Frisco. This was a huge accomplishment for Frisco and brought in a lot of business, but what was most exciting for me was the fact that my school district’s football games and soccer games would take place in that facility. As I was on the soccer team my junior year, I had the thrill of being down on the same field that Dak Prescott and Ezekiel Elliot would practice everyday. Having this experience was so fun for me and I’ll always reflect back on that huge stadium with so much joy. The field was massive, the stands stacked up extremely high, and the building itself just carried an atmosphere of intensity and competition. Being an athlete at that time, just being in that place energized me and I was always so amped up for our games at that stadium.

Emma Kemp