FOR any Australian with a dream of heading to a US College, the past 18 months has been a particularly difficult time trying to win that coveted scholarship.
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Ararat Redbacks premiership player Ethan Fiegert has been caught up in the craziness of the past year-and-a-half, but has finally landed on his feet, earning a scholarship to the college of his choosing in Missouri.
Fiegert, 19, has taken up a four-year scholarship at Culver-Stockton College an NAIA member which plays in the Heart of America Athletic Conference.
For Fiegert, it's his first trip to the United States given that recent opportunities to impress in person have been cancelled due to the ongoing pandemic.
"I've been trying to get recruited to colleges for a couple of years but this coach liked what they saw in the game film I sent over," he said.
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"What made me love this particular college, is I felt the coach really wanted me. There were some others that I felt I had to sell myself to them, but this particular coach made me feel like I was the one they wanted."
"For Australian's we've always had to send over film to coaches, but normally, we could go over there and play in tournaments and be in front of them to be recruited," Fiegert said.
"This was a lot harder, had to be on a lot of zoom calls and the players all got an extra year because of the COVID situation which meant college's were taking in less players, which made it even more difficult."
This season Fiegert has captained the Ballarat Miners' youth league team and also had an opportunity to play a few matches with the senior team.
While his senior minutes have generally been limited, he has relished the opportunity to work with many of the senior players and Miners' coach Brendan Joyce.
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