- March 2018
Personal Statement
Growing up I was taught that life doesn’t give anything out for free, but with hard work and dedication you can overcome and achieve anything you set your mind to. At eleven years old I was at a point in my softball career that I felt like my progression level was merely stable rather than increasing due to the underwhelming competition in my age division. Just before turning twelve I made the decision to move to a higher age division to help me fully reach my potential. Trying out for a 14U team at the age of eleven was frightening and I was scared to get out of the car to try out for the team because all of the girls were older than me and I was intimidated. After I gathered up enough courage to get out of the car and meet my future coach, he approached me with encouraging words that I would choose to live by forever. He told me to overcome the situation and not let it overcome me, and with the swing of a bat, all my worries went away and I made the team. Soon after this, my coach decided to move our well-progressing team to the 16/18U division in which we earned first place in our first tournament in the division.
While playing softball I’ve learned to be motivated not only on the field but off the field as well. I tried harder in school because many of my older teammates were already looking into colleges and I knew that going to college and playing softball was something I wanted to pursue, and that having good grades was a key part of being a student athlete. Throughout the rest of my high school career I plan on maintaining a GPA of 3.5 or higher and becoming a part of the National Honors Society. By learning to overcome tough situations I taught myself to lead by example, support and motivate others, and rise above every curve ball that is thrown my way. After all, life is just a 3-2 count, you never know what is coming next but no situation is too difficult to overcome.
