Personal Narrative: Oklahoma Baptist University

Many things that have happened in my life have led me to Oklahoma Baptist University (OBU). The path for me to get to OBU was all part of God’s plan for my life. It all started at around the time I turned five and fell in love with sports. Ever since then my life has been centered around sports, whether it be baseball, basketball, football, or golf. If it involved competition then I was going to participate. When I was a kid my favorite sport was basketball, mainly because my grandfather played basketball at Oklahoma State University (OSU) for the infamous Henry Iba. My grandfather and I loved watching basketball, no matter what the level of competition, we simply enjoyed spending time together and sharing that love for the game of basketball. …show more content…
I was a huge OSU fan, and this was one of OSU’s best basketball teams in the program's history. My favorite player was Tony Allen, and when I was sitting on the bench waiting for players to come out and for practice to start, Tony Allen was the first one out of the locker room and sat down right by me. I was so excited I had to intentionally slow my talking down so I didn’t scare him off with all of my questions. After practice the team got together at center court and signed a basketball for me, it was one of the best times I had as a kid. The older I got, my desire to play basketball burned hotter and hotter, all I ever thought about was playing basketball. But late in my high school career I decided basketball was not the path for