Caroline PiottiProfessor Arnold

UWRT 1101August 24, 2014

Literacy Narrative Proposal

I chose the topic of becoming literate in softball.  I thought it would be an easier topic for me because I have played softball for almost twelve years now, and I feel as if I’m as literate in this topic as I’ll ever be.  I can remember sitting in the car with my dad on the way to Virginia to buy my first, of many, softball bats.  It was then that I decided I wanted to be the best I could be at this sport, because I fell in love with it the second I set foot out on the field.  It took me multiple balls to the shins and forearms, and multiple “strawberries” on the thighs to realize that I was on my path to becoming literate in softball.  I played for our rec league until the age of sixteen, and also for the middle and high school teams until my junior year.  I was also a part of three different travel teams, and attended multiple different clinics and position specific camps.  Along side playing, I also co-coached a team comprised of girls who were eight and nine years old.  For majority of my childhood and first years of young adulthood, softball was my life. I would say that the best moment, or year, of becoming literate in softball, was the season that my rec team made it to states, which was huge coming from such a small town.  At this point in time, I had been jockied around from center-field to left-field, to catching to third baseman.  I was more than content with my performance at third base, that I even tried out for that position on my High School’s varsity team my freshman year and made it.  As I sit here now, typing this proposal, I realize that my sponsor, and my side-kick through it all was my dad. He helped me get started with the sport, attended every single game and scrimmage, and spent thousands of dollars on my lengthy career as a softball player.  He coached me, played with me on coed teams, and cheered me on for the extensive twelve years, and I am so grateful for everything he has done for me.