Personal Narrative: My Softball Career

` I expect or hope from Kentucky Wesleyan to make lifelong friends, memories, and to receive a quality education to move on to either a masters or graduate program. Even though freshman orientation this past weekend made me feel like I went to church camp, I liked meeting the other freshman that entering this new stage of life as well. Just knowing that 100+ others out there struggling along with me makes college a little bit more bearable. Just within the past week I’ve become pretty close with the other incoming freshman softball girls, and slowly becoming more involved with the older girls. I’m hoping to make my softball career in college as successful as my high school career, but I know with that comes twice the work and determination as it did before. We start 6 a.m.’s next week and I already dreading those early morning runs. Yet somewhere deep, deep, deep down I know that running and working hard exists to make me become a better athlete. Five pitchers stand on the team right now (each of us high quality athletes), so no worries about our pitching staff whatsoever. The rest of the team stands very …show more content…
Some memories I will always cherish come from Play Fair and the Hypnotist during orientation. Play Fair surpassed my expectations and seemed pretty cool because it gave me a fun and interesting way to meet and chat with new people of different backgrounds and experiences. Ultimate Rock, Paper, Scissors rocked my nigh and hopefully something that I hope I will do it again someday. Hopefully next time I’ll win! Then came the Hypnotist. Downright the creepiest yet coolest experience ever! Two of the softball girls fell under the hypnosis, one voluntarily, the other not so much. Talking with them after the show made me realize neither of them knew what happened to them at all. I’m hoping my college years exist filled with laughs and experiences like these