ABOUT.
Hi my name is Joni Paddock and I am a 15 year old softball player living in Lake Country, BC. I go to George Elliot Secondary School and I also attend the Canadian Sports School. I've lived in the Okanagan my whole life and I love it here in the summer. I grew up at the beach and on the ski hill and I couldn't have it any other way. When I get older I want to go to school in the USA for Biology. I played lots of sports when I was younger but never fell in love with any of them the way I did with softball. I have played ball for 5 years now and I have the most fun when I am. I knew that softball was my sport when I got asked to play in provincials with the all-star team my first year playing. I had played rep ball since then and I love it. I've made such good friends to the point where they are like my family. I am a very bubbly person and I love to explore the world and really take in our earth. I appreciate the beauty in our world and I want to help keep it beautiful forever. Some of my personal sport achievement's is that in 2024 my team won provincials. It was the most stressful 2-1 game but the feeling after winning the game was something like I've never experienced before. My team then went on the place 2nd in western Canada. I attended the BC Summer Games and placed 2nd in provincials in 2022. I manage to keep a 3.5 GPA throughout my high schooling career by focusing and paying attention in class. Some short term goals is to make an A team in Vancouver. Here in the Okanagan there is no A team and I want to get out and explore higher level ball. Long term goals for me is to receive a softball scholarship to a college in the USA. I think a quote that describes me is "Believe you can and you're halfway there." Because I try very hard and even if I don't succeed I still know I tried.
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MY SPORT.
Some interesting facts about my sport is that it's a much faster game then baseball. Most people think softball is a much easier sport then baseball but you have so much less time to react then you do in baseball. If you fumble a ball in softball the runner is automatically safe, there's no time. You could still fumble a ball in baseball and have a chance to get the runner out. The game originally was played and 'created' in Chicago 1887.Softball used to also be called "mushball" or "kittenball"My coach is my mom and she has been my coach for 4 years. We train in Vernon, Kelowna, and Lake country during October-August.My dad forced me to play softball 5 years ago but the second I hit the ball I fell in love with the game. I play this sport because I have created a family out of it, it keeps me on my toes, it opens doors for my future and most importantly it is the most fun thing I do. There are not professional softball players but there are NCAA players. I have one softball player that I look up to and its Journey Rojas. She is a coach is California but she played D1 at California State. She sees the game the same way that I do and she's so supportive about everyone's dreams and try's to help out the best she can.
Some interesting facts about my sport is that it's a much faster game then baseball. Most people think softball is a much easier sport then baseball but you have so much less time to react then you do in baseball. If you fumble a ball in softball the runner is automatically safe, there's no time. You could still fumble a ball in baseball and have a chance to get the runner out. The game originally was played and 'created' in Chicago 1887.Softball used to also be called "mushball" or "kittenball"My coach is my mom and she has been my coach for 4 years. We train in Vernon, Kelowna, and Lake country during October-August.My dad forced me to play softball 5 years ago but the second I hit the ball I fell in love with the game. I play this sport because I have created a family out of it, it keeps me on my toes, it opens doors for my future and most importantly it is the most fun thing I do. There are not professional softball players but there are NCAA players. I have one softball player that I look up to and its Journey Rojas. She is a coach is California but she played D1 at California State. She sees the game the same way that I do and she's so supportive about everyone's dreams and try's to help out the best she can.
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