Personal Narrative: Senior Girls's Basketball Team

I am a member of my high school’s student council, Girl Scouts, and also the chaplain of my school’s drama club.

The most meaningful club/activity that I have participated in during high school has definitely been DECA; which is an international

A club that I had always wanted to be apart of since my freshman year of highschool was The Beta Club.

The final mast of school and community involvement was catalyzed when I joined Key Club as a freshman. Finding a passion for service and leadership, it rapidly became my primary focus in deepening my high school experience. Key Club inspired me to search for further opportunities for leadership and involvement, leading me to join Student Council, Relay for Life, and so forth. Through my various executive positions, I have not only improved my own character and qualities, but also inspired others around me to do the

Throughout my high school career, I have been blessed with the students and teachers that have surrounded me. Thankfully I have never engaged in heated discussions with others in order to defend my beliefs. On the soccer field, I can say the same, however, I did speak up on matters that caught my attention regarding team efforts and the chemistry among my teammates.

I have many contributions when it comes to school, like most UC qualified students, but what makes me different is being active in community groups along with my school clubs. Rather than just participating in events offered at school, I search beyond for opportunities. What I have done differently is joining a program through Temecula Swim School.

“Friday night games with huge crowds. That atmosphere is hard to beat.” Senior Hunter Martin is playing through his fourth and final year on the Varsity basketball team. For two years in a row, he has been the starting foward. “Basketball hasn’t always been easy but I’m really glad I stuck through it all four years,” Martin said. Looking back on his accomplishments, Martin said that his favorite memory was was win the team won districts his sophomore year. “Nothing can compare to that moment of celebrating with my team.”

Therefore, having an opportunity to be a part of this coalition for teens to continue to impact my peers while enhancing my leadership skills would be a dream come true. I would be cultivating my leadership skills, learning the inner workings of government, receiving additional exposure to local government, healthcare, and law. Representing Uthmpact would empower me to continue to be the change within the community and to make this world a better

I am the a paperdoll I went to the boys' and the girls basketball game on Saturday. Bef The girls played against Pierce City and the lost to them, we traveled to Marinville then we got back to the high school and got the car and drove to Miami, Oklahoma we got there with an hour to rest before the boys game started. The boys played really well they won their tournament and got to take home the trophy. After the game we went to get something to eat we stopped at Chick Fil A because the boys were going to go there but they changed their minds and went somewhere else. Next we went and got Andy’s ice cream. It was a good time to bond with the girls that came to the game. It was a long ride home, we listened to a lot of music some that were old

Even though I tried so hard, I couldn’t defend the seeming monster-of-a-girl who looked like she had already gone through puberty five years ago. I was still in elementary school and our basketball team made it to the in-house state basketball tournament. Before we even started the game, we knew it was going to be a challenge. They had size on their side and we, the little go-getters, had the naive passion to win. I had never practiced or experienced the post position before but for some reason Coach Derek decided to put me in to guard the tallest, biggest, and most skilled girl on the opposing team. Maybe he was unaware or maybe he truly believed in me but the expectations to do well increased exponentially. I got in there and wasn’t

It was the summer prior to freshman year, and all I wanted to do was make the volleyball team. However, I was not a great player and I did not make the team. Although it hurt when it happened, I did not know what it would lead to. In the middle of first semester, my friend had told me Valencia was going to form a lacrosse team and thought we should join. Not knowing anything about the sport, I agreed. The problem was there was only going to be a boys’ team, and some of the boys and their fathers were not keen on us joining. Despite their opinions of us, we found a coach who would teach us and began preparing.

Athletics has taught me more life lessons than I could expound upon in a single essay, but perhaps the most important lesson that I learned while playing sports in middle and high school is that I should not be afraid to be a leader. My leadership abilities were developed and tested in many situations both on and off the court during my six year sports career, and although I do not remember each of those individual moments, I do remember one critical game in which I both helped my team make history and I also had a critical moment of personal growth.

Throughout the beginning of my freshman year, I felt a very deep sense of alienation. As a transfer student, I knew only my brother. What little self-confidence I had left began to dwindle. Kids at school took notice my low self-esteem and I became their new target. Luckily, the extent to which I was bullied was minimal; however, accompanied by my already-existing despondence, it drastically affected me. I lost all motivation in school.

Basketball seems to get into your blood. It is said by those who play, "You eat, you sleep and you play basketball." When I was a little girl all I wanted to be was a professional basketball player. I couldn't count how many times I pounded that dumb ball in our driveway until it was too dark to see, then I would play for hours more by the porch light. Now I realize that was only childish insanity. Back then they didn’t even have a girls’ profession basketball league in the states. However, that didn't stop me from walking away empty handed. One thing I learned was how to prepare oneself for life. Well, at least, how to prepare oneself for a game.

One rainy night in November, I arrived to the church gym for my first basketball practice of the season. As I walked in the doors creaked and you could smell the gym floor. As I already heard the basketballs hitting the ground, bouncing up and down. My friends Brittany and Destiny walked in right behind me through the door. That was when we realized we were the only girls surrounded by all guys. As practice came to a start we began to run, it felt like we were never going to stop. Up and down the court as we ran suicides, you could hear the squeaking of shoes as we went from the next line back and then on to the next. Before we started scrimmaging, the two captains were boys. Brittany, Destiny, and I stood in amazement as we were the last three standing there. You could see by their expressions they didn’t want any of us on either team.