{"id":626205,"date":"2026-04-24T19:43:09","date_gmt":"2026-04-24T19:43:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/626205\/"},"modified":"2026-04-24T19:43:09","modified_gmt":"2026-04-24T19:43:09","slug":"get-to-know-cougar-soccer-becca-skinner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/626205\/","title":{"rendered":"Get to Know Cougar Soccer | Becca Skinner"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>So, unfortunately, last year you went out with an injury. How has your recovery been? \u2029<\/p>\n<p>I think anyone who&#8217;s gone through it would say there are definitely ups and downs, but overall it&#8217;s been pretty smooth. I think I&#8217;ve made, like, really good jumps to getting back on the field. So that&#8217;s been good. \u2029<\/p>\n<p>Who or what has been your biggest help with that?\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>My biggest help has probably just been, like, the support staff we have around and my teammates, &#8217;cause there are a lot of people on our team who have also gone through it. <a href=\"https:\/\/wsucougars.com\/sports\/womens-soccer\/roster\/jenna-studer\/14797\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"14797\" target=\"_blank\">Jenna Studer<\/a> is the main person I lean on and look to as I go through it.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>New coach this year. How has the team environment been? \u2029<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s been really upbeat. They brought the whole coaching staff and brought a lot of energy to it, and it&#8217;s been really good so far. And I know they&#8217;re excited for our spring games coming up and then for the fall to start, but it&#8217;s been really, really cool. \u2029<\/p>\n<p>What has been your favorite soccer memory? So far, and like collegiate or youth?\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Even though I&#8217;ve only been able to compete for one game in the fall, just being thrown into that competitive environment has been something that I&#8217;ve loved, because that&#8217;s something you look forward to growing up and through high school, so even getting it for one game, I have a lot of gratitude towards the one game I got.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>What do you think your biggest strengths are on the field? \u2029<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m pretty physical on the field, and I think my IQ for the game and how I play it are my biggest strengths. I have a lot of confidence in myself on the field. Going into it confidently and being able to play my game is kind of just like one of my biggest strengths.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>What are you looking forward to most this coming season?\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Getting back onto the field and then there&#8217;s a lot of new people to play with, a new environment, but being able to compete again and pulling myself to a high standard, being better than I was last fall.<\/p>\n<p>What is your current hyperfixation? \u2029<\/p>\n<p>Honestly, probably just being outside. It&#8217;s so nice out right now, so we&#8217;re always just like being outside as much as I can. The Pullman weather is so up-and-down. Being outside and listening to like Hawaiian music right now.\u2029<\/p>\n<p>What are 3 words you would use to describe this team?\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Electric. Competitive for sure. And family. Everyone&#8217;s so close, and I think that&#8217;s what allows us to be those other things.<\/p>\n<p>Who has influenced your development the most as a player?\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>I don&#8217;t know if it was exactly one person, but I&#8217;m from Clarkson, a small town, so just the people I&#8217;ve met. Being from a small place, it&#8217;s just, like, I feel like everyone has had an impact on who I have become growing up.\u2029So a handful of people, like my parents, my coaches, and especially coaches I met in Spokane through club, definitely pushed me to be the player I am now.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>What is your pre-match superstition?\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>I always have to have a piece of gum when I&#8217;m playing. It&#8217;s just that I always have to have gum. &#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"So, unfortunately, last year you went out with an injury. 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