That’s where I matured the most and found out who I am. That first season, it was pretty hard to be by myself at such a young age. My brother helped me in that first season a lot. It was pretty hard and tough, being out there by myself in Nevada before my brother and my parents came to visit. In my first season with Ignite, it was pretty hard to translate from nine people in the house to just me, especially in that first week. It reminds me that I’ve got family behind me, and that they’re always thinking about me, and I’m always thinking about them. We always do fun activities before I head out, and it really keeps me sane in that aspect. Before my first season with Ignite, we played some tennis. Recently, at my high school jersey retirement, some of us got together to play wiffle ball.

Before I had left for my second season with Ignite, we played softball. Recently though, we’ve been playing softball. It was fun growing up with seven of us, as one of the Henderson Seven. My little sister and I, we were always watching and participating in some activities that most 5-year-olds probably weren’t doing at the time. I’ve always been to their practices and training sessions. My siblings were all athletes as well, so they know the work you have to put in, and they know the work I had to put in to become who I want to become. For the most part, it was busy all the time. For the most part, after my older siblings started to graduate and went off to college, it was my brother CJ, my little sister Crystal - she’s at Georgia State right now - doing her thing. Henderson: Honestly, it was always busy in the house. Fanta: What was life like with six siblings, and how did they define who you are?

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