My real name is Mom

eta ----- Holy shit ya'll go look at this.

If you have been here, you know what the Softball Princess does with her time. This - lots and lots of this.

She plays ball for the school - she plays ball for her travel team - she practices with both - she hangs out with these teammates - she eats, sleeps, and breathes softball. All of these girls do. It is a year round occupation for us all. She also plays Basketball and soccer for the school - but - in her words- those are just conditioning sports. She wants to play college softball and there is a great chance that will happen.

This post is not about the game of softball.

Abby and all of her teammates are also good students. A little of a rarity in the athletic world, these girls are quite disciplined and academically adept as well.

The following two photos were taken last night at about 8pm. I dropped her off at school at 7:45am and she has not been home yet. School - then practice - then team dinner - then this recognition - then home for homework, shower and bed. The life of an athlete requires time management and discipline to get everything done. But we all know that busy people are the ones who get things done.

This weekend, the girls play in the State Level playoffs. Last night they were recognized at our local board of education meeting, not for making the state level, but for a National Award.

The National Fastpitch Coaches Association lists our little rural Georgia high school softball team as the 3rd highest GPA in the nation. With a non weighted average of 3.734, these girls desreve this award.

Softball Princess is the 2nd from the left. The way cool thing about this is we are a public school and the two teams that beat us out are private schools. This makes MCHS Softball the number one academically ranked public school team in the nation.



Go Raider Softball - beautiful, well coached, competitive, smart, respectful, wonderful young ladies. You should be very proud of your accomplishments on and off the field - we are.

Have a wonderful day --