What Extracurricular Activities In Or Out Of School Are Most Important To You

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What extracurricular activities, in or out of school are most important to you? Have you received any special recognition or awards for performance or service in these activities? Please describe.
Activities that I enjoy and find most important to me are soccer and basketball. I’ve been playing soccer for a long time and over the years I have won several tournaments. The most recent one was a tournament this fall. We won two games and tied one We beat a GSA Athena A team that was moving down to Athena B. My team won the MAAC championship and I got to represent my school team in the MAAC basketball practice. For basketball I have also been playing for a long time, have won plenty of tournaments, the most recent one being

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