Dustin Armbruster

It wasn’t the collegiate sports path that Haley George imagined herself on after high school. The multi-sport athlete and dancer signed her national letter of intent this week to compete for the Kansas State rowing team.

Cross country, basketball, track and dancing had filled George’s schedule over years and all of those have led her to Manhattan, Kansas. George said the coach that recruited her to K-State liked the fact she had a background in so many different sports. Listed at 5’11” for basketball, George said K-State coaches were looking for “tall, lanky girls that could build muscle.”

Haley George

But you won’t find George on a rowing machine in Hays anytime soon. She was told by the Wildcat coaches to stay away from it so she doesn’t develop any bad habits. George will also be redshirting her freshman year, something that all of the incoming freshmen do for the K-State rowing team.

George plans on majoring in elementary education with a minor in special education.