9/25/00 BOOKS AND BALL As I apply for universities and figure out what I want to do in life, I think back abut how sports have changed my life. In my eyes, the next few months are critical for the furthering my education. All my dreams began in mid-August of 1993, the first time I had ever played organized basketball. As a tall, lanky, young thirteen-year-old girl I grew up around many boys so I was always …showed first 75 words of 395 total…

…showed last 75 words of 395 total…regular student, not a student athlete, I think about all of the joys and pains I have experienced through basketball. If I do not get a scholarship and decide to hang up my jersey for good, I will miss the game that has changed my life forever. However, my lack of advancement will be the fault of no one else because of my poor decision not to study and so well the classroom. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ **Bibliography**