I have played baseball ever since I was a young kid, but somehow, at seventeen I still had numerous struggles with it. You would think after my grandpa being drafted to the Pittsburgh Pirates, a Major League baseball team, and my dad getting a full ride to the University of Denver their skill would have rubbed off on me, but you would be wrong. I wasn't terrible, I could hit a 90 mile per hour fastball and I could, for the most part, field a ground ball. However, I was definitely not about to be scouted by the college scouts.…
“Do you want us over there?” What do you think of when you hear these 3 words, Panther, banner, skirts? Well heres the scenario.…
I am writing this essay to inform the National Junior Honor Society that I am not only striving to maintain a high GPA and achieve all possible accomplishments, but also becoming a well-rounded individual. I fell that I am striving to do this by being a good leader in all the activities that I am involved in by supporting and motivating all individuals in the group. I strive to be the best I can be in getting all awards I can be eligible for and serving the community the best that I can. I have found a true enjoyment in both Cheerleading and helping younger children while being a mommy’s helper. In cheerleading I have helped the younger cheerleaders by teaching them dance , stunts and also remembering and perfecting their choreography.…
There are many sports in the world such as football, basketball, baseball, hockey, and etc. But my favorite personally is cheerleading which has been in the industry for almost 20 years now. Cheerleading has been one of my most favorite sports since I was 8. All of my brothers always loved to stay active so they always ended up on a football team.…
Ever since I was little I strived to become a gymnast. Unfortunately, we could afford the classes nor could we be able to go to practices because the destination was too far away. As if it were meant to be, that same day a flier came home with me for AIM Cheerleading. My mother glanced over it and she decided to enroll me.…
One of my greatest interests include cheerleading. i take part in sideline and competitive cheerleading for my high school. I also junior coach for a little league cheer team. from being a cheerleader myself, I look up to my coaches and see what it takes to be a good leader. from being a coach as well, I know how to act professional and to set an example for those who look up to me.…
I always felt like everyone had a special talent accept me. Some could paint, act, play sports, but that was never me. I was just a little girl being bullied for having a blanket and sucking my thumb in first grade. Always left out and being told I would never amount to much, took a big toll on my grades. All throughout elementary school I was in the “special” classes.…
While in middle school every young girl’s dream was to be on the varsity cheer team. While the last week in September we started trying out. I swear that whole week I felt sick and could not eat anything unless I wanted it to come right back up! After school we went straight to practice until 5:30. The older cheerleaders took this to heart and got so mad at us when we started joking around.…
"If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader. " This quote by President John Quincy Adams helps embody my role as a leader. I strive daily to make others feel as though they are strong enough to be able to accomplish their goals. Being a cheerleader, I fulfill a key role in the leadership of my high school. Peer pressure challenges me on a daily basis to make the right choices.…
Symbolically, becoming a cheerleader means conforming; making the varsity team brings instant popularity, invitations to the best parties, and perhaps a date with the starting quarterback. To quote the movie Bring it On, "Mothers would kill to get their daughters on squads. " The word itself conjures up the stereotypical image of a ditzy blonde in a short skirt. Yet my choice to become a cheerleader was anything but a decision to kowtow to teenage conventions.…
My mother always told me, "Always be leader, never a follower", that is what I did. Growing up in school, teachers encouraged group work and I always took charge. That is where my leadership qualities began. Around age eight, I joined cheer because the sport requires leaders. Cheerleaders lead the crowd, lead the team, and overall, we lead the culture of spirit.…
As a student athlete who moved multiple times, I built many relationships with my teachers and coaches. I will always remember the teachers and coaches that had a positive impact on my life, whether it was in second grade or my senior year of high school. When I entered college, I contemplated majoring in Education and going straight into teaching because it was of serious interest to me. However, I chose to go another route with my major. After working for a few years in another field, I decided that it was time to strive for a profession that enthused me.…
All four years of high school I have been on the dance team. I have played on other sports teams as well but they all have one similarity;every team has a coach. To dance my passion and my teammates are my family, but sometimes coaches are cruel. Sometimes coaches pick favorites. They choose who earns a spot in the front row by who goes to their studio, or whose parents volunteer the most.…
I ran into the first time in my athletic career that raw talent and superior experience did not allow me to squeeze by as a Sophomore. In middle school and elementary school sports, all participants exert roughly the same amount of effort, so skill is generally directly correlated to the amount of time you've been playing. In high school, I made the Varsity lacrosse team on raw talent, but I never walked onto the field during meaningful situations. Naturally, I desired playing time.…
From what I gather from the stories, my mom cheated on my dad. It was not something that I would expect out of her. Likewise, it just seemed too low for her to cheat on him. I did not think it could possibly be the truth when I was told that, but it appears to be. She wound up with a guy from the next-door town.…