Karley LaZella '27 Recruiting Profile

Hello! I have always loved everything about softball for as long as I can remember.  I enjoy first base, third base and have been pitching since I was 10.  I currently am a pitching student of Coach Whitney Johnson in Minnesota and have worked with Coach Johnson from the start.  From the very first time I picked up a softball bat at the young age of 4, I have always felt at home when I'm playing softball. Whether I was watching my older brothers play baseball or watching college softball on television, I knew that I wanted to be that girl out on that field someday. I back up my dreams and aspiration to play softball at the college level with my high work ethic, my desire to be the best player on the field at all times, my coachability, and my ability to interact with and show kindness to everyone. My work ethic can be seen throughout my action packed days of juggling three sports (Softball, Basketball, and Volleyball), my twice daily workouts both with my teams and separate from my teams. My desire to be the greatest comes from my high sense of competitiveness and my higher yet sense for achievement. My coachability comes from those who have coached me while I was growing up, my oldest brother. He has coached my team since I was ten years old and always told me to be approachable by any coach and to always listen to advice because I will never know when that advice may come back to help me.  Lastly ,my goals for college are simple, play softball at the highest level possible, be academically successful, show my kindness, and to be the greatest player, teammate and student I can be.