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SEVEN NEWS. A 15 YEAR OLD NEW MEXICO WRESTLER INDUCTED INTO THE NORTH AMERICAN INDIGENOUS ATHLETICS HALL OF FAME LAST YEAR. WE TOLD YOU. MIRANDA STEWART HAS JUNIOR STORY OF DEFYING THE ODDS BY COMPETING IN WHAT MANY CONSIDER A MAN’S SPORT. KOAT SAT DOWN WITH THE NOW HALL OF FAME INDUCTEE, WHO IS JUST GETTING STARTED. HERE’S RON BURKE. SHE’S KNOWN FOR HER GRIT ON THE MAT AND AFTER WINNING MULTIPLE STATE AND NATIONAL TITLES, BEING AWARDED THE BEST EIGHTH GRADE WRESTLER IN THE STATE JUST LAST YEAR, THE NOW CLEVELAND STORM STUDENT ATHLETE MIRANDA STEWART HAS JUNIOR IS ADDING SOMETHING ELSE TO HER TROPHY CASE. EARLIER THIS MONTH, SHE WAS INDUCTED INTO THE NORTH AMERICAN INDIGENOUS ATHLETICS HALL OF FAME. AT FIRST, I DIDN’T REALLY UNDERSTAND IT. AND THEN LIKE, KIND OF LIKE WHEN MY PARENTS EXPLAINED TO ME WHAT IT KIND OF WAS AND I WAS LIKE, OH, WAIT, NO WAY. YOU KNOW, LIKE, REALLY? ME? HER NAME NOW, ALONGSIDE LEGENDARY OLYMPIANS LIKE JIM THORPE, MIRANDA JUNIOR BECOMING THE YOUNGEST AND THE FIRST FEMALE WRESTLER FROM THE U.S. TO BE INDUCTED. OH JUNE 1760 YEAR HALL OF FAMER, SAID I NEVER FATHOM AT THE AGE OF 15, SHE WOULD BE GETTING THAT HONOR. MIRANDA JUNIOR WOULD THEN TRADE IN HER SINGLET FOR A BALL GOWN. I’M HARD AS NAILS, I REALLY AM. IT TAKES A LOT FOR ME TO GET TEARY EYED, BUT I WAS WHEN SHE CAME DOWN THAT STAGE, I WAS JUST SO OVERCOME WITH EMOTION. BUT MIRANDA JUNIOR’S ACCOMPLISHMENTS DID NOT COME WITHOUT OBSTACLES FROM OVERCOMING STEREOTYPES TO COMPETING WITH ATHLETES YEARS OLDER. SINCE I’M A FRESHMAN, AND THEN I WOULD. SOMETIMES I WRESTLE LIKE GIRLS WHO ARE 18, LIKE GROWN WOMEN, AND I’M STILL, LIKE, GROWING, LIKE GETTING UP THERE WRESTLING SOME OLDER GIRLS. SHE WRESTLED A SENIOR IN THE STATE FINALS, A GIRL WHO ALSO TOOK STATE IN POWERLIFTING. SO SHE WAS A SHE WAS SOMEBODY WHO WAS REALLY EXPERIENCED AND SHE OVERCAME IT ALL WITH HER NUMBER ONE FAN IN THE STANDS. COME ON SIS, THE LOUDEST IN THE BUILDING. LET’S GO. AS FOR NEXT YEAR, MIRANDA JUNIOR HAS ONE GOAL IN MIND TO BE A STATE CHAMPION THIS YEAR. ALSO, I WANT TO HELP MY TEAM TO BE THE STATE CHAMPIONS AGAIN, AND SHE KNOWS IT’S GOING TO TAKE HARD WORK TO GET TO THE TOP. EVERYBODY LOVES THE VIEW BUT DOESN’T WANT TO DO THE CLIMB. WE DO HAVE A FAMILY MOTTO. IT’S ALL GO NO, QUIT. A MOTTO MIRANDA TAKES TO THE MAT EVERY MATCH. LET’S GO. RON BURKE. KOAT SEVEN SPORTS. WHAT A GREAT STORY TO HEAR. MIRANDA JUNIOR IS A MEMBER OF THE TRIBE OF THE OWENS VALLEY, AND THIS SUMMER, THE FAMILY’S BEEN TRAVELING ACROSS THE COUNTRY COMPETING IN TOURNAMENTS. JUNIOR SAYS SHE’S LOOKED INTO TH