NAIG 2014 Profiles: Meet Savanna Gall
- Jeanelle Mandes | July 10, 2014
SAVANNA GALL
AGE: 16
HOMETOWN: REGINA
SPORT: SOCCER
Savanna Gall, from Regina, has been playing soccer for a long time since she could walk. She's inspired to be a part of a team and to get out there and enjoy kicking the ball around.
She was happy when she heard that she made it for Team Saskatchewan in the North American Indigenous Games (NAIG).
"I was pretty excited because my sister played for NAIG and I get to be a part of it, too."
She looks up to her older sister, Chelsea, and hopes to follow her path.
"She's a really good soccer player; she taught me everything I know. When she played for NAIG, they won gold. I want to follow her footsteps and hopefully we succeed."
Savanna kicks the ball around in her backyard with her siblings whenever she can to prepare herself for NAIG. She said she's excited to be participating in the games this year.
"Just to be a part of it, it's a big opportunity; I get to be a part of something that's once in a lifetime."
Her biggest challenge she had to overcome to be where she is now is pushing herself extra hard to train with the city's soccer league.
Her message to the youth who want the same opportunity to play in NAIG is to believe in yourself to get to where you want to be.
"If you keep pushing yourself to achieve your goal, you will get your goal."
Her plan after completing high school is to pursue a career in photography specializing in landscaping.
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