When Coach Mike Nayman told his softball team that a new girl would be coming to join them that season from Colorado, the team was expecting someone similar in stature that could “hold her own” on the team.
But two weeks later when a car pulled into the Creekview high school softball field parking lot, a little girl walked out. Little did the players know that the little girl was soon to be their fierce second baseman Anna T.
Anna was born in South Carolina and was raised in Colorado where she excelled in the sport of softball. She began playing t-ball at the age of four and at age seven she started playing fast pitch softball. She then joined the Quick Silver Softball team which was a high category softball team.
At age seven Anna chose to add another challenge to her list. She decided to improve her game and switch from being a right handed hitter to left handed hitter. This later served to her advantage because of her speed.
In the year 2009, Anna and her family moved to Canton, Georgia, where Anna and her brothers would attend Creekview High School. That summer, Anna tried out for the high school JV softball team and made it because of her amazing playing skills.
Some thought because of her size, she would not be able to keep up with the team. This little ball player showed them that not only was she great on offense while slapping, sliding and stealing bases but she was also a great defensive player, too, getting in front of and diving for the speed driven ball, saving her team from being scored upon time after time.
But playing softball is not the only skill this shy girl has. When she is not on the field with her teammates, Anna says, “I like to spend time with my family.”
She is a person with many talents and, when with her family, one of her favorite things to do is sing and also to play the violin, piano and guitar.
No one expected such great talents from such a small and shy girl. And she “has never and will never” let that get in her way.
Written by: Amber Herrington
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