Post by Croatia on Apr 3, 2011 11:15:38 GMT -6
Hello, I am Anna Wilkins, and I am currently a Junior at Steinbrenner High school. My Weighted GPA is 5.1 and I am currently taking three AP classes. I play softball with the travel softball team, the Lutz Lightning, as well as recreational ball with the Lutz Laureates . I have coached a pixie (6-9 years old) team for the last two years. Im addition, I volunteer with the Lightning organization by giving catching lessons to the younger Lightning players. I also work four days a week for up to eight (Plus) hours.
I have been selected to compete with America’s Team traveling internationally. Our team is scheduled to compete in a series of softball games designed to promote and enhance the sport, possibly even to bring it back into the Olympics, as well as to promote goodwill between American and foreign student-athletes. This year, we will be traveling to Germany.
America’s Team provides student-athletes with high integrity and strong character opportunities to compete in international programs as an ambassador for their school, community, and our great country. America’s team is dedicated to competition and experiences that will strengthen not only their athletic ambitions, but open their eyes to a new people and culture, thus making a positive impact on young lives by showing them the world through athletic competition.
This will be my first time traveling abroad, and I must say, I am very excited that it will be with an organization such as America’s Team, which allows me to play the sport I love and travel to places I’ve been dreaming of visiting since childhood. While with America’s Team in Germany, we will be taking plenty of educational tours of the many historical and cultural centers of the country.
To participate in this event and to maintain compliance with NCAA and NAIA eligibility requirements, I must raise my portion of the travel expenses incurred by my team. With the support of people like you, the opportunity to travel and compete with team will be a reality. Your donations and financial assistance is greatly valued and appreciated.