College Essay About Softball

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Playing sports has always been my passion, I love everything about it. But one thing has always stood in my way; my size. I’ve never been the tallest person in a crowd and most of the time I am one of the shortest people in the room. I never imagined that this could hold me back from something that I love so much and could possibly make my dreams of playing collegiate softball unreachable.

I first began playing softball at only five years old. I began playing locally but soon enough moved onto a higher level of play. By the age of thirteen I was playing for one of the biggest organizations in the country and playing with girls almost two years older than me, which also meant playing with girls much much bigger than me. One thing that I have heard all of my life from everybody is that I’m “too short” or I’m “too small”. I always knew that I was smaller than everybody else but it never bothered me, I just thought
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Although sports come very easy and naturally to me, not everyone cares about that. My summer is surrounded by softball, it’s mainly all I do. I have played in front of many division one college softball coaches and the first thing they notice is my size, not how far I hit the ball or how fast I run or how I can field a ground ball. They all see that I am a 5’2 third baseman. Because of my height I am at a “disadvantage”, I have to work hard for what I have. I do not have as much power hitting the ball as many of the girls I play with do. I also am not blessed with long arms and legs to give me more arm strength and make my throws harder. In order for me to be able to live out my dream of playing college softball I have to prove that I am more than just a 5’2 third basemen, I have to find a way to stand out. Since most colleges recruit players that are about 5’4 and taller I had to figure out a way to play as if I am 6’0

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