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Michelle and Samara Eisenberg have spent their lives doing everything together. But when it came time to choose colleges, they had no intention of attending the same school.

Skilled tennis players and identical twins, Michelle and Samara both planned to play at the collegiate level but were prepared to go their separate ways.

“We were both planning on picking whatever school suited us best. It just turned out that we picked the same one,” Michelle says. “But now that we’re here, I’m happy that we ended up going together.”

The Weston, Fla., natives arrived at ��ñ�� as Division I athletes for the 2016–17 season. Michelle won the Flight “A” singles championship at the West Point Invitational in September.

Both were inducted into the National College Athlete Honor Society.

Michelle and Samara are majoring in business administration and mathematics, respectively, and are members of the campus group Women in Business.

Even though they’re identical, the twins have some differences. For example, Samara usually wears her hair in a bun, which friends use to tell the two apart.

Samara is more reserved than Michelle. She has an excellent work ethic and an ability to keep working even when times are hard. “She’s like a machine,” Michelle says.

Michelle is naturally curious and known for her competitive spirit and grit. “She won’t let anyone walk all over her, and she will always stand up to a challenge and find a way to push through when things are tough,” Samara says.

The Eisenberg twins are thankful they ended up together. “We’ve pretty much done everything together our whole lives, so it’s just nice to have someone who understands and is going through everything that I’m going through,” Michelle says.

“I know that I always have a built-in buddy on my team; she will always be there for me,” Samara adds.

One question the two have heard more than once is, “Do you like being a twin?”

Michelle sometimes responds, “Well, do you like not being a twin? Because I really don’t know any differently.”

“Being a collegiate athlete is definitely easier with having my twin by my side, only because I have nothing else to compare it to. I think we both would have been fine if we ended up at different schools, too, but it is definitely nice having her by my side,” Michelle adds.

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