Sutton Bridges '17 Recruiting Profile

I have been playing softball since I was three years old and I can truly say it has always been my passion.  My parents should have known something when I tried to throw kids out in tee ball.  Rec ball season was the greatest 10 weeks of my life!  I spent the rest of the year asking my parents how much longer until softball season started again!  When I was 12 years old, I began playing travel ball and life has never been the same since. 

I always give 100% on and off the field.  I expect everyone else to do the same but realize not all players do.  I have learned to be a team leader.  I know the coach is counting on me to make plays and to keep my teammate's spirits up no matter how the game is going.  I don't believe in giving up no matter what the score is.  I also know that it takes a team to win a game and we all have a role to play every time we take the field.  I consider my team a part of my family. 

My family and I have been very committed to my softball future for the past four years.  We live in a very rural area that doesn't offer travel softball.  My parents found a team and we travel about 120-150 miles round trip to practice.  I also have taken lessons from SBA in Tallahassee for four years.  That is a 150 miles round trip for lessons once a week.  I've never missed a travel ball practice since I started playing.  I've never missed a tournament for travel ball unless I was playing school ball.  I've only missed school ball practice to play in the World Series.  I believe all of my coaches would tell you that I'm a hard worker; a leader; am coachable; am competitive; and have a positive attitude.  I jokingly tell people that I have no social life because softball is my life!  My family and I schedule my activities around softball.  It comes first no matter what! 

I'm a good student and actively participate in student organizations such as HANDS, Beta Club, and Student Council.  I have served as an officer in several.  I volunteer to help in community and church activities involving children.  I give 100% in my classwork also.  I know what I have to do to keep good grades and I plan my time accordingly.  It is my dream to play softball in college.  I just need to find the right match for me and for them. In the meantime, I'm going to keep working hard academically and athletically and enjoying every time I step out on the field living my dream!