Alabama State University Scholarship

Blood, sweat and tears. All for one sport you love. Going to the fields, putting my cleats on and batting.(Cumulative) From the time I stepped on the diamond, I knew softball was going to be something I was good at. Usually most people start off playing t-ball and work their way up to the big leagues. Not me. I started my third grade year. Of course I was hesitant (nervous), but I got over that fast enough. I played every position possible. I was a strong hitter (usually making it on base every time). But that’s 10 u. Over the years, I became exceptionally good at softball. I had many compliments on how good I was. Parents were telling my parents how good I was. But that was only the beginning.

National Honor Society is more than a club I am apart of, it has given me the motivation to strive to keep my grades at a certain level, keep up with community service, treat others with respect, and also conduct myself in a mature manner. The National Honor Society Scholarship would help fund my schooling at Gulf Coast State College in Panama City, Florida.

Growing up, my dad made sure that my brothers were involved in sports. Because he thought that football was too rough for them at a young age he signed them up for baseball. From then on out, we became a baseball family. Everything we did, all of our family friends were because of the sport. Even though, I did not play the sport, I still loved the game. It was the beginning of my seventh grade year when my dad informed me that it was mandatory that I participate in an extracurricular activity and because my dad was the authoritarian saying “no” to him was not a question. It was then that I decided to join a softball team.

Growing up, both my brother and I were very involved in athletics; from baseball/softball to basketball to football to track and volleyball. A competitive spirit was instilled in my life at a early age. As I got older, I focused mainly on softball; competing around the country in hopes of gaining a college scholarship. Sadly, the summer before my junior year I tore my rotator cuff and labrum in my shoulder and messed up multiple muscles throughout my arm and back. Therefore, my softball career came to an end.

My mother has been playing competitive softball since before I was born. Even to this day, at the young age of 66, she still enjoys playing on the circuit. My brother was a talented basketball player in high school and junior college until a car accident thwarted his dreams, I myself, was a 3-sport star in high school and I earned a scholarship to play football at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. I was taught from a very early age that my performance in sports rests with my ability to consistently control my emotions. I have been trained to respond positively inevitable changes and

Do you know the feeling you get when you’re doing the thing you love most in the world, for me that is baseball. My participation in sports influenced my skills in multitasking and handling multiple stressful situations at once. I play sports every season possible, teaching me about myself and all my friends on one team growing up into adults. I have maintained sports, grades, and jobs for four straight years without being ineligible one time. The people I am surrounded by around sports, young or old mold my future of being a successful adult. I thank every single coach, and teammate for helping me with all of my accomplishments, the biggest one being the Champion of a Varsity Baseball District Title.

The day I heard about baseball i really wanted to play it. If i picked a position it would be first baseman because of the get to touch the ball a lot. i've hit a homerun before. the ball went so high in the air the sun made it look like it disappeared. The next day my mom went to sign up for the babe ruth league for newton. i played short stop. at the end of the season i had 13 home runs. me and my father and mother were both surprised at how many runs i had, i had 21 runs and 13 of those were home runs. then the next year i signed up again and this time i was my favorite position, first baseman. when the season was over i had 42 runs and 15 of those were home runs. Then my dad said i should play football so now i was laying baseball

I was born on December 22nd 1922 in Smithfield,North Carolina I lived on a tobacco farm while growing up with 2 brothers and 4 sisters. My parents Mary and Jonas were poor cotton and tobacco farmers. I was raised in baptist faith because of my mother but while I was just a child we got our property taken away. Forcing my mother to be a cook and a housekeeper and my father was forced to work at a sawmill.

I selected architecture as my career. It involves a lot of my passions such as math, building, algebra, and designing. Architecture can mean: A general term to describe buildings and other physical structures.

I play baseball and soccer. In baseball I mostly play short-stop, second base, and I pitch. My friends and I will often walk down to the softball field that is a couple blocks away from my house and play for a few hours. We hit each other ground balls and pop flies, we take batting practice, and sometimes play a two v two game. We all play for the Coronado High School baseball team and often times stay after practice to play more. I also play for our high school soccer team. None of my close friends are on the team but I am friends with most of the kids on the team. Last season I made varsity and was very excited. Our team was ranked number twenty-one in California and was predicted to be better last year. We had fifteen seniors on our team so we expected to do great things. We did do good in our season, but not as good as we should have. We played the number one team in the state and lost by one at one point in the season. We did not do bad, we still made the play-offs and won regionals for our school size in all of southern California. I love playing soccer even just casually. Every year when all my family gets together in Ocean City, New Jersey, we play beach soccer every day. It is so fun even though most of the family is not very good. One of my cousins, Grace, is fifteen and is amazing at soccer. Everyone always wants her on their team. Sports are my passion and I plan to continue playing sports, even if recreationally, for the rest of my

In the event I receive the this scholarship I would use the money as a down payment on a more reliable form of transportation. I currently share a car with my sister. She is also a MTSU student. We carpool together as well as with other students that attend our church. We have been carpooling since freshmen year but last year it became increasingly difficult. She and I have been left on campus by our rides on numerous occasions and our parents have had to drive down to pick us up. It has come to the point that we need two cars because our schedules are more demanding now. In addition to attending classes three days a week I have a full time job. My sister attends classes five days a week, stays on campus to complete service hours for her scholarship,

I never liked playing with dolls, painting nails, pretending I was a teacher or even acting like I was baking with fake food. All that girly stuff sounded boring to me, so the one thing that kept me busy everyday was going outside and playing whatever sport was on for that day with all my neighborhood friends. We played everything from kickball to football in the streets. Ever since I was a little child, playing sports was my passion. In my free time I played every sport you can think of, but sports that I actually was on a team for was baseball, hockey, soccer, and I ran track. Being an athlete is how people knew me, I guess you could say I was and still am a tomboy. Being involved in a sport ever since I was four years old, has really taught me a lot about not just playing the sports itself, but at life as a whole. Being apart of a team, can teach someone many skills, and life lessons. Because there are uncountable reasons why one should be involved in a sport, the main skills, and lessons include learning how to work together, and developing communication, and organizing skills. Additionally, one could develop a good work ethic, and learn how to control body language/temper.

All the way up to my senior year I played sports. I ran cross country and track and played basketball as well. I didn't play my senior year because I moved and I didn't have enough classes to play sports. When I look back I don't understand why I was so crazy about sports. I put up with so much crap. I hated cross country and I hated my team and the coach. I never understood why people took running so serious. The only reason I could even think why I played sports and put up with all the crap was to stay in shape. I hated my cross country coach Weaver it was like he had something out for me I could be his number one girl runner and he wouldn't even say good job he would yell at

I need a scholarship from LJMU, because I believe that your course will provide me with the necessary skills and attributes to succeed in law and will improve my skills and knowledge in order to be able to create my own project to develop my society. Also, I want to enhance my presentation skills and improve the way I express my ideas, opinions and communication skills. Moreover, I want to increase my knowledge of global crime, justice and security. And the only way to do so is by talking to other people from different backgrounds, joining a course that would further my knowledge and help me to establish my network, in order to achieve my professional goals, since interacting with people at any level will be beneficial in my short and long

For instance, I tend to try-out for every sports team at school despite not even being decent at the sport and not making it, I am not afraid to take on the challenge and making a fool of myself. At school, I have joined the cross-country team every single year with improvements each year; in grade 4, I received 93rd place and this year I have been training hard, not missing a single practice so the hard work paid off with my 1st place at areas and 22nd at regionals despite a fall. Running at the Toronto Waterfront Marathon 5k event is also something I want to do next year. Additionally, I participate and place in track and field each year, making it to areas and regionals as well as the badminton team which I placed first with my mixed doubles partner at areas. I also join clubs such as the Yearbook Committee and Robotics Club at school; I am also planning to start a Math and Science Club at school with my friends. Badminton is the sport I enjoy outside of school as I play in a competitive team outside of school around 5 times a week; this develops my competitive personality, but also builds my sportsmanship. I have also participated in many sports before badminton such as swimming, gymnastics, skating, and karate; though I do not regularly take part in these sports as I have lots of extra-curricular activities that keep me busy from the moment I get home, I do enjoy them recreationally for fun. Self-motivation