The time allowed her to consider and address personal issues with regards to expectations, injury, depression and anxiety, topics faced by student-athletes across the country. The Texas native recently expressed her thoughts in a candid blog post.
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Ebony writes that she is "leaving USC with a heavy heart," and although she doesn't know what her future holds, she appreciated her time at USC: "I'd like to take a moment and thank my USC family and supporters. Thank you so much for these past two years. Your devotion and constant support has been one of the things that kept me rooted here. To my teammates, words cannot express how much I will love and miss you with everything I have. Thank you for being my second family and my sisters, and for accepting without (too much) judgement, the thousands of unnecessarily random hugs I annoyed you all with every practice. To my coaches, thank you for teaching me everything you know and for helping me grow so much."
