Mary Kopf

Yes, so I have been playing volleyball for seven years, and I've been playing for six years for my district. And this year, it was my senior season. I was very excited. And... Again, during the summer, we had something called open gyms, which is just practices for our coach just to get us warmed up a little bit for tryouts.

Yes, so I have been playing volleyball for seven years, and I've been playing for six years for my district. And this year, it was my senior season. I was very excited. And... Again, during the summer, we had something called open gyms, which is just practices for our coach just to get us warmed up a little bit for tryouts.

This year, my coach had told me specifically that she wanted me to play more this year and that she wanted to get me in more during the game. She also expressed to me that we have our set 12. So if you don't know volleyball, volleyball usually you have anywhere from like 12 to 14 girls on a team. And she said, we have our set 12 girls.

This year, my coach had told me specifically that she wanted me to play more this year and that she wanted to get me in more during the game. She also expressed to me that we have our set 12. So if you don't know volleyball, volleyball usually you have anywhere from like 12 to 14 girls on a team. And she said, we have our set 12 girls.

But then on the first day of tryouts, I walk in and there's somebody else trying out. So obviously I wanted to introduce myself because I didn't want to be rude. And just from talking to this individual, I could just tell that it was not a female. Obviously at that moment, I was infuriated.

But then on the first day of tryouts, I walk in and there's somebody else trying out. So obviously I wanted to introduce myself because I didn't want to be rude. And just from talking to this individual, I could just tell that it was not a female. Obviously at that moment, I was infuriated.

I was confused because we were not told the district administration or coach failed to disclose this information to us. So after when we figured out that this individual was definitely going to be on the volleyball team, a bunch of the parents, they were infuriated. I was infuriated. A bunch of the girls on my team were infuriated. So we went and we went to the board meeting.

I was confused because we were not told the district administration or coach failed to disclose this information to us. So after when we figured out that this individual was definitely going to be on the volleyball team, a bunch of the parents, they were infuriated. I was infuriated. A bunch of the girls on my team were infuriated. So we went and we went to the board meeting.

My mother, a lot of the other parents on the team, they expressed their worries and concerns to the board because this is just not right. This is a girls volleyball team. which only girls should be playing. It's unfair that they allowed a male to be on our volleyball team.

My mother, a lot of the other parents on the team, they expressed their worries and concerns to the board because this is just not right. This is a girls volleyball team. which only girls should be playing. It's unfair that they allowed a male to be on our volleyball team.

I spoke at the board meeting and a lot of the girls were afraid to speak at the board meeting and even didn't even want to stand next to me while speaking at the board meeting because our coach sat us down that morning at practice and said, if we speak badly about anybody else on our team, then she's going to have to have a conversation with us.

I spoke at the board meeting and a lot of the girls were afraid to speak at the board meeting and even didn't even want to stand next to me while speaking at the board meeting because our coach sat us down that morning at practice and said, if we speak badly about anybody else on our team, then she's going to have to have a conversation with us.

And then if she has to have a second conversation with us, then we're done as in we're cut. So we were silenced. We weren't allowed to talk about it. The season rolls up and I, for the first few games, did not see the court at all. And the entire season, I barely got to play. I was practically benched my entire senior season.

And then if she has to have a second conversation with us, then we're done as in we're cut. So we were silenced. We weren't allowed to talk about it. The season rolls up and I, for the first few games, did not see the court at all. And the entire season, I barely got to play. I was practically benched my entire senior season.

And a bunch of other girls on the team weren't able to play too because of this male, because obviously he's going to be better because he's a male. Let's be real. He is a junior who played over senior girls. And obviously he had a major role in our team because he was good.

And a bunch of other girls on the team weren't able to play too because of this male, because obviously he's going to be better because he's a male. Let's be real. He is a junior who played over senior girls. And obviously he had a major role in our team because he was good.

And at the end of the season, he ended the season with 99 kills, which is if you don't know in volleyball, it's when you spike a ball and getting a kill is whatever it's statistics. And also one of our teammates had a school class project. where she wanted to measure our verticals, which if you don't know what a vertical is, it's just how high you can jump.

And at the end of the season, he ended the season with 99 kills, which is if you don't know in volleyball, it's when you spike a ball and getting a kill is whatever it's statistics. And also one of our teammates had a school class project. where she wanted to measure our verticals, which if you don't know what a vertical is, it's just how high you can jump.

And then me and another girl on my team had a high vertical of 40 for all the girls. And then the highest vertical was obviously the male on our team, biological male on our team, who had 60, which was way more comparable to all the boys on our team. And at the end of the season, this individual got All League, which is an award of recognition for the statistics.

And then me and another girl on my team had a high vertical of 40 for all the girls. And then the highest vertical was obviously the male on our team, biological male on our team, who had 60, which was way more comparable to all the boys on our team. And at the end of the season, this individual got All League, which is an award of recognition for the statistics.