Baseball and teaching has always been a part of my life. My dad is entering year 35 of coaching baseball and year 30 of teaching, while my mom just retired from teaching. Before I got to college, I never saw myself being a teacher. I switched from playing baseball to coaching and realized teaching and coaching was what God wants me to do. Baseball was always my escape from life. I lost 2 grandpas, and the next day I would go play and it would allow me to forget about it for a small period of time. My grandma was going through cancer last year, I would go coach and it would let me forget about it for a while. Even though I used baseball as an escape, I learned a lot during my time playing. The sport taught me how to be a good teammate, which turned into how to be a good friend. It taught me to hold my teammates accountable and be a leader, which led into me wanting to be a teacher. In my first year of being a head coach of the Legion team in my area, I learned that every kid is different and needs to be taught different ways. Which also helped lead me to want to be a teacher. Working with Parkway South, I have learned from people on how to build a program. Also simple life skills like budgeting, organization skills, travel itineraries, how to recruit kids to your team, and even things like planning out a camp or a practice. I have always struggled in school. I was the kid who would stay after with teachers to get help because I could not figure out what we were doing. One teacher changed the way I looked at things. As I started college, I started to realize that everything he said made sense and it helped me become the student I am now. I am no longer the kid who has to ask a million questions or to meet with the teacher to understand what I am doing. Taking everything I have learned from baseball, and my parents along with my history teacher, helping kids was just in the cards for me. I believe God put me in this position to be a positive impact in the life of students to help them. Whether it be their baseball skills or their education. I firmly believe I can make a impact on kids lives and I am excited to graduate, get my first teaching/coaching job, and to help as many people as possible.