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For Sophia Zulich, her journey to the University of Denver and her four years on campus were far from what she had expected. Growing up in Ontario, Canada, she left home at age 14 to attend preparatory school and compete in Canada’s first female basketball prep circuit. After graduating, she was still undecided on where to attend college. “Denver actually found me,” she says. “I got the offer to come to Denver in August, which is really late in the year, after a spot [on the women’s basketball team] had opened up. The academic environment here, as well as the athletic environment, is really what drew me in.” In her first year with the Pioneers, Zulich played sparingly in nearly all the team’s games. Heading into her sophomore season, she was expecting to make a bigger impact, but then she received the news no athlete ever wants to hear. During a pick-up basketball game, she collided with another player, their knees crashing together, and knew instantly that something didn