Ms. Graziano

Growing up I have always been involved in sports. I started playing tee-ball at the age of five and instantly fell in love with the game. A game that even at such a young age, I dreamed of playing in college. After I aged out of playing tee-ball, I continued to play softball for as long as I could in Little League. Once I was too old for little league, I started playing travel softball. There was always another level for me to strive for.

Playing a travel sport was very demanding and oftentimes I had to miss things that most teenage girls would have hated to miss; I was sometimes unable to attend events like homecoming, school trips, and other school related events. I was a three sport athlete in high school, so sometimes this meant missing games for other sports teams I played on. In those moments, I hated having to miss those things, but eventually it all paid off. My senior year of high school I was offered a scholarship to play Division II softball and to my surprise, was offered a field hockey scholarship as well. Down the road I ended up transferring in my junior year and no longer played field hockey, but played softball all four years.