Great Bend High School’s Selam Ball has vaulted herself straight to a college team.Ball has signed to pole vault for the Fort Hays State University track and field team.Ball said there were a few schools looking into getting her on their team, but Fort Hays State felt like the best fit for her future.“I had a lot of smaller schools that were interested in me,” Ball said. “I looked into them, but at the same time, I was thinking of my education because that’s what I want to focus on in college, and I want to go to be a dentist. I visited Hays and when I visited there, they have a good pre-dental program that’s a bio-chem program that I want to do.“It was a good fit for pole vault, track and academic as well.
FINDING HER FUTURE
Great Bend senior Ball signs to pole vault for Fort Hays State University
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