""That's a full-time job, and being a volleyball dad is the best," said Stillwell, an All-American at UCLA."
""We felt they needed to be involved in something and as they started to get really tall, I started to talk to friends who had tall females and their recommendation was get them involved in sports because it's going to turn their tall from being awkward to cool," Stillwell said."
""I was not athletic," Maya said. "It was originally a way to get my body moving. I was into art and music. I started in club when I was 12 and hated it. It wasn't for me. When COVID happened, we were forced to move to another club and I loved my teammates and coaches and started to like it.""
Tom Stillwell won three national championship rings playing volleyball for UCLA and now relishes being a "Girl Dad." He and his wife raised two tall daughters, Maya (6-4 senior) and Lucy (6-0 sophomore), who play volleyball at Harvard-Westlake. The family encouraged sports to make height an asset rather than awkwardness. Maya initially resisted athletics, began club volleyball at 12, blossomed during COVID, became a top middle blocker, helped win a national club championship and earned a scholarship to Northwestern. Lucy tried other sports before joining volleyball and serves as a backup on a team that started 7-0 before losing to Marymount.
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