{"id":5177,"date":"2012-11-13T18:31:57","date_gmt":"2012-11-13T23:31:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mdcthereporter.com\/?p=5177"},"modified":"2021-03-02T12:07:51","modified_gmt":"2021-03-02T17:07:51","slug":"home-away-from-home","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/staging\/8357\/home-away-from-home\/","title":{"rendered":"Home Away From Home"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Setter Vanesa Osorio returns back as a sophomore to play volleyball for the Lady Sharks. Osorio a Miami native, left the United States when she was 5-years old because her parents retired and wanted to live in Colombia. \u00a0She lived in Medellin, Colombia for 12 years, and returned to Miami last year on a volleyball scholarship. \u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Osorio remembers how it felt coming back to the United States after so long.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cI felt weird, but happy too because I had a lot of things [in the U.S] that I didn\u2019t have over [in Colombia],\u201d said Osorio through a translator.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Osorio made her journey to Miami alone without her family, because they did not have their green cards. Alone in the U.S., \u00a0Osorio misses her family deeply because of the support and company they provided her. To help fill this void, Osorio calls them every night right before falling asleep. She said that living in Miami without them is difficult because of how much they mean to her.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cYou have everything with your family, and you are always going to need them,\u201d Osorio said. \u201cThey give me advice, support, and company.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Osorio visited her family in Colombia last summer, and is planning on visiting again this year.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Although Osorio\u2019s family is still in Colombia, she believes she has found another one in Miami with the Sharks.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cI\u2019ve gotten to know these girls, and we treat each other like a family,\u201d Osorio said. \u201cWe have each other\u2019s back all the time.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Now the Lady Sharks season is over, Osorio is planning to transfer to a Division I school. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The sophomore majoring in English made several improvements in her game and has made some changes on how she approaches the game. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cI\u2019m going to listen to the coaches more, be better disciplined and work hard everyday,\u201d Osorio said. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The different approach has worked out. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Osorio has stepped up her game totalling 69 assists, the second highest on the team as of Sept. 25.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cShe is a very devoted and hardworking player, and it is a good experience to play with her,\u201d \u00a0redshirt freshman defensive specialist Jovanna Santamaria said.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Setter Vanesa Osorio returns back as a sophomore to play volleyball for the Lady Sharks. 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