THO Campus Captain Shaylee Ungos On Smiling at the Little Things

Shaylee Ungos has a special connection with Volleyball; it is a part of her Hawaiian culture, and her parents met each other playing the sport. However, she really fell in love with the sport while living in Korea on a military base during Covid. It provided an outlet and ability to see her friends when she would be otherwise isolated. Without the resources, coaching and support that other elite athletes in America are afforded, she created her own process largely training alone and used social media as a tool to document and track her progress but also develop content for recruiting.

Ironically, it was documentation of a major injury and the pain of losing her sense of self as an athlete that opened her eyes to how much support and love she had all along and inspired her smile at the little things and appreciate every piece of joy. In addition to redefining her relationship with sports, she also redefined her relationship with social media and become more intentional about creating and consuming. In doing so, she improved not only her p[physical but also mental health.

She is currently a collegiate volleyball player, THO Campus Captain, an awesome mental health advocate, and a content creator for student-athletes who has built her own social media following to over 50k followers while helping others learn how to capitalize on NIL. Shaylee has even partnered with United Sports Abroad a non-profit that supports military kids like herself with recruiting, media exposure, and camp or tournament opportunities. 

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