USC Trojans Rayah Marshall Heartwarming Story

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00:00that Talia mentioned, and what does Rhea just personally mean

00:03to you after all this time that you spent coaching her?

00:07Yeah.

00:10If you don't know Rhea's story, you should look it up.

00:14She's from South Central LA.

00:16One time I drove with her to a community service event.

00:20I think it was her sophomore year.

00:23And we just were talking, and she told me

00:25how when she was in junior high, she

00:31lived in an apartment with her mom and her stepdad.

00:33And I think there were like 17 people in a two-bedroom

00:36apartment.

00:38And someone made sure she got to a really good high school,

00:41because they saw the talent in her.

00:42And someone made sure that she had the things in place

00:46to achieve.

00:47And she did that.

00:49And she came to USC.

00:50And I remember her freshman year,

00:52she would literally talk about how the dorm was awesome.

00:54And the dorm room was great.

00:56And we have food available to us.

00:57The gratitude that she showed all the time,

01:00and the pride that she had in wearing a USC jersey

01:03while being from South Central is really meaningful.