Hey everyone! I’m back again and in less than a week this time lol! That has to be a record me for me! I can’t believe how fast the season is going! There is about 7 weeks left in regular season play! Seems like just yesterday I was excitedly awaiting the start of the season! As most of you know Pac-10 play kicked off today for all the teams but UW. The UW/Oregon game was rained out today. They are supposed to play a double header tomorrow but there is like an 80% chance of rain tomorrow too so I guess we will see! About this time of the season I find myself feeling a little sad to go along with my excitement! I feel sad because I find myself thinking about all the seniors. I can’t imagine the range of emotions going through them right now. You know they try not to even think about it but it’s there. The thoughts of this thing they’ve dedicated at least 4 years to being over and wondering how it will end. Some of them wondering what they will do now and some of them already know! My mind of course turns to Jenn Salling, Morgan Stuart, and Ashley Tuiasosopo especially. Jenn is a 6th year senior! She has been around along time and experienced almost all of it! She has worked very hard and seen a lot of success and happiness! She has experienced her fair share of failures and sadness as well! But Jenn loves the game of softball and is 100% committed to it and her team! She has stepped in and taken over as one of the big leaders of this team! She has always been a leader but it was covered up by Danielle Lawrie and Jenn didn’t mind it! She let Danielle do what Danielle did best! But this has been Jenn’s season to shine and she has done an amazing job! You can just tell how much the freshman look up to her and adore her! It will be sad for me to watch her go but she has done her job and done it well! She will be missed but she will leave behind the lessons she taught and the sprit she bring. She will be playing for the Pride this summer and I fully believe she will do great things for them! I’m happy for her but I know leaving UW and the Huskies will be very hard on her. Morgan is a quiet strength. She has been a great leader on and off the field. She made a big splash from the day she came to UW! Morgan is known for her key plays! She is the type of person who can strike out 3 times in a game and then come back the 4th time when the game is on the line and the pressure is on and jack a game winning homerun! That is just Morgan! In fact, she knocked in the go ahead run in the second game of the National Championship in 09! I don’t know what Morgan has planned after graduation but she’ll be successful in whatever she does! I will miss her big grin when she does something good! She tends to be pretty quiet I think but there are times in the game if you watch for them that she shows you how much passion and emotion she has for the game! I’ve enjoyed watching her play and I will miss her! Ashley didn’t get to play much the first 3 years of her career. There were just so many great outfielders those years that she didn’t get much chance. I was reading an article earlier (which I will post a link to later on in the blog) about her and it just confirmed what I thought about her. I also read in that article that Coach Tarr wanted her to redshirt her freshman year but they already had too many who were already red shirting and so she couldn’t. But you would never find her complaining! She’s played much more this year and has done a wonderful job! I admire her a lot! I admire that she never gave up. Some people would have changed schools or just quit the team. But not Ashley, she stayed! She stayed and she fought! She will always have a special place in my heart and serve as reminder to me that no matter how little everyone has a part to play and your little part can make a big difference!
While on the subject of seniors UW fans Jenn Salling is a finalist for the Lowe’s Senior Class Award! You can vote for her once a day per computer! She started off in the lead but has fallen off sharply! Please go vote for her! Let’s give Jenn one more sign of how much we love her, appreciate her, and how glad we are she battled through that long journey to come to play for UW! She has had an amazing 6 years and she deserves this award!!
I don’t know how much sense this entry will make. I know it was a lot of weird ramblings but it’s what on my heart right now! Sorry it was so long!
Here are some links for ya!
http://www.seniorclassaward.com/vote/ This is to vote for Jenn! Remember vote everyday up to May 10th!
http://www.gohuskies.com/sports/w-softbl/spec-rel/040111aaa.html This is the article about Ashley!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kK_FphAteRw I realized that I had not shared this on here yet and wanted to do so! I started working on this the night UW was knocked out of the WCWS last year! I made several other videos that you can see on my profile on youtube but this is my favorite! I hope you enjoy it!! I own nothing in any of my vidoes! I just do them for fun!
That’s all for now! Go Dawgs, Roll Tide, and Boomer Sooner (they could some love right now! It’s been a rough up and down season so far!)
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