Quartz Hill graduate Cameron Harris felt the pressure from the college recruiting process. The pressure intensified when it took longer for Harris to make his decision and he could not participate in a larger signing ceremony with several of his classmates on Feb. 8 at the Quartz Hill High School library.
It took Harris about a month longer to finalize his decision, committing to play soccer at Dominican University in San Rafael in mid-March. “Honestly, it was really relaxing,” Harris said of his decision. “I felt relieved.
I was under a lot of stress, because senior year was closing down.” Harris said not being able to participate with his classmates added more pressure to his decision. “It actually did, honestly,” he said.
“Especially seeing some girls and some other guys from our sports program and no one from soccer and I was the captain. In the moment, they didn’t see me signing.” Harris said it ultimately was an easy decision for him.
“I think so,” he said. “All the coaches treated me (well) when I went up and visited and how they kept in communication, not once a week, but it was fairly often. I enjoyed that.
They did a good job. “It showed how much the program wanted me. Some programs, I had to reach out to them first, but they reached out to me and they saw me at a showcase.
Most other schools, you have to reach out to them and keep emailing them. This school was really mature.” Harris was still communicating with other schools when he mad.