Softball

raised stitches of a softball, I think back to the time I played softball. My fingers needed to be in an exact position on the stitches in order for me to throw the perfect pitch. It’s a chapter of my life that doesn’t bring back all happy memories. I spent six years of my life being a star, and I’ll admit it. I had extreme talent when it came to playing softball. It was like I was born for the game. Everything came so naturally to me. But I wasn’t born for that life. Playing softball really…

I am a softball player. I’ve been a softball player for as long as I can remember. Softball has taught me important life lessons: leadership, discipline, hard work, and perseverance to name a few. Research shows that a majority of leading female executives were athletes. That’s not an accident. I will continue to love this game by playing in college. I can’t imagine my life without softball! Before I visited Wellesley this past October, I had…

late, and then you won’t be able to warm up for the softball game!” Mom told me. “Ok, I’ll be there in a minute.” I replied to mom as I scrambled to find my glasses and two hair ties, and I raced out the door. I jumped into the car, made two pigtails and in after what felt like 10 hours of 80s rock music, we were finally there. I asked my dad how long it took only my dad replied with a laugh, “It only was a 30 minute drive” I got my softball bag and bolted past Dad as I got my mitt, and…

of Arkansas Bumpers Honors College. "Extracurricular Activities " "Spanish Club member I was a part of the Culture Fest committee, I led t-shirt design with my brother and I helped organize many meetings with my peers to prepare for our events Softball I…

Jennie Finch is the Team USA softball pitcher, and is one of the best. Jennie is a two time Olympic champion, winning a gold in 2004 at Athens, and a silver in Beijing (Wilson). She went to college at University of Arizona, and obviously was the pitcher. She has never stopped pitching and began at the age of 8. Jennie Finch is an influential advocate of empowering women through her actions/influences/etc... including role model to girls, supporting charities, and never giving up.…

in almost everything possible. He instructed beginning drivers, taught chemistry, coached basketball, and currently coaches softball. At 72 years old, he still resembles a young man. His white hair and skinny body do not fit the image of a softball coach. However, he coaches one of the most successful softball teams in the country. Kalp just finished coaching his 21st softball season. His third Pennsylvania state championship happened this season. He also contains the quality of honesty. Kalp…

Diamond to Support Charity Pi Sigma Epsilon is hosting a softball tournament for fire departments to support the Iowa Burn Association. Cedar Falls, IA: At this time, Pi Sigma Epsilon, a local student marketing and sales organization at the University of Northern Iowa, is proud to announce that its members will be hosting a softball tournament to support charity on October 21st. The event, Blaze of Glory, will feature an all-afternoon softball tournament between local fire departments, a home…

play on the women's collegiate softball team at St. Thomas University. I have been playing softball since I could walk and, along with every other athlete, my dream is to play on the biggest and brightest stage possible. For softball that is the NCAA College World Series. Unfortunately, I don't have the ability to make millions of dollars playing professional softball like many other professional athletes. This is it for me because college is the highest level of softball I will play in my life…

When I was 7, since there were not any softball teams available for me to join, my father even signed me up to play for a boys baseball team. It might have been weird that I was a young girl who played third base, but it was even weirder that I excelled. Ever since then my father has claimed that playing on that team with a bunch of boys made me into the athlete that I later became. After my season with the baseball team I began playing for a traveling softball team from Latta, Oklahoma. Not…

dad and asked if I could endeavor softball. That next week, I took my first footstep onto the clay and in the beginning I was nervous to play. Then I started to enjoy it extremely, that I didn’t want to stop playing, staying late just to hit a few more softballs, or just fun around to catch them. Sports has always been part of my family's life. My stepmom grew up playing on the boy’s baseball team and my dad was a football player. As being introduced to the softball…