Softball

and friends and sleep in. Spring break is a lot of fun when you have stuff to do but if you just stay home and do nothing it is not as fun. On my spring break i only had time to spend with my family and friends and I had Softball practice. When we went to softball practice I hit a ball all the way out of the field and it made me get a home run. Something that would make my spring break great is mabey doing stuff like going to my aunt’s house a birthday party that stuff would be nice to…

dreamed of playing softball in college. I worked hard every day pitching 200 balls a day in order to earn my spot as a pitcher. I was raised on that field. In fact, my mother was pregnant with me and was coaching my brothers on the same exact field. I started out playing baseball due to the fact that Overton Little League did not have a softball association. I enjoyed playing baseball with all the guys, who later became some of my best friends, but I really wanted to play softball. Eventually,…

and giving 110 percent all the time.” The story of how I fell in love with the game of softball is a story like no other. It was not love at first sight, that’s for sure. I didn’t pick up a bat and instantly fall in love nor did I ask Santa to bring me a softball glove and leave it under our Christmas tree. I didn’t eagerly press my face to the glass of the car window as we passed the high school softball fields. It wasn’t something I just knew I was destined to do. In fact, it was quite the…

tough, but it getting better and better every day; courage and determination helped me get better with this illness, and I was able to preserve just like Jackie Robinson. This illness started in 7th grade. I first noticed it in a softball game, I have been playing softball since I was 7 years old, and nothing like this has ever happened to me before. During a game I was not feeling crummy or anything and I just passed out, so I went to the doctor and they told me I had low blood pressure. The…

life. She has two brothers and three sisters. In her spare time she read novels and bakes anything from cookies to pound cakes. Her passions include reading, history, softball, speaking ,and cooking. Her accomplishments in life so far are 1st place in Science Olympiad, numerous regional softball tournaments,4th place Travel Softball 2016,honor roll, and most improved. Lindsey’s aspirations in life are to become a social worker. A social worker is a person whose work carried out by trained…

Like I said, I grew up playing club softball and used these fields while growing up to practice on. I couldn’t always make it to my tournament teams practice so this park gave me the opportunity to still put work in even though I could not be with my actual team. My goal growing up was to gain knowledge and skill in softball and hopefully become good enough to earn a scholarship. If it wouldn’t have been for LGSA, I might have never…

experiences, and relationships that has molded me into this person standing in front of you today. However, if I were to truly choose what or who is the biggest impact of my life, I would say my mom. Alongside the influences of my mom would be the sport of softball and the world of athletics in general. This includes all of the people who have coached me as well. Every single one, especially the ones who did not believe in me made an impact. Another defining moment…

Playlot inferring the end of the boys' childhood, and the symbolism that where and how you spend your time are what really matters in the future. The Wallace Playlot is a symbol for the boys' childhood. For example, when Kenny starts catching the softballs and the crowd starts to show up, "I noticed that traffic had completely stopped... Cars were double parked from Wallace to Parnell, and the streets were thick with the people of Bridgeport." (56). At this moment, Petey is talking about the…

One of my first artifacts that I cherished and remember vividly was a German Shepherd stuffed animal.This stuffed animal was named Hot,which had a sister Golden Retreiver stuffed animal named Cold.My older sister had Cold,and at the time,being only about four years old,Hot and Cold sounded like perfect names.My sister and I took Hot and Cold everywhere together,even to places like the grocery store,Hot never left my side.Hot was so important to me because it was one of my first stuffed animlas…

as a young girl in Germany and by the time I was 15 years old I was playing major league Softball. At the age of 17 I was the awarded Most Valuable Player at State Championship, Hessen, Germany. Though it has been quite some time since I set foot on a softball field, I do wish to try out for the Softball team at UIC. Even if I do not make it on the team, I do wish to be involved in sports, especially softball and baseball since they have been a significant part of my life. I believe that sports…