For a while after finishing up her high school volleyball career at Goldendale High School, senior Sierra Plum was undecided on whether she wanted to continue playing into college, or just attend school as a regular student. However, after a few plane trips across the country and visits to the College of New Rochelle in New Rochelle, New York, Plum...
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