Adelicia Heredia '18 Recruiting Profile

I am a dedicated softball player. I care about my team and I never want to see them down when the team is down. I've learned that once you get passed obstacles you can flourish as a person. To me softball hasn't been just a sport but it's my life and at times I really had to look forward to. Growing up softball wasn't really my thing but once I got into high school it turned into my sport the only thing I ever wanted to do. It was the only sport that had ever challenged me mentally and made me learn real life lessons as well. My coaches and teammates I had throughout high school inspired me to be better, push the limit, and strive to be the best. At practice I not only wanted to survive my conditioning workouts but do them to my fullest. I had struggled with two things in softball keeping a positive attitude and hitting. So I am working on my hitting and trying to be disciplined at the plate only picking pitches I was sure I could get a piece of. My positive attitude was harder to work on though. It taking me lots of growing up and mental determination to push through only relying on the negatives and look at all the good things I had done. By defeating my negative toughest hurdle I had become an optimistic and positive person. Without softball being there to push me I don’t believe I would be where I am at in my life today, a hardworking confident optimistic person always striving to be my best and work harder to get better at any task I am trying to complete. For me softball was not just a game it was my foundation my everything, something I could never leave behind.