by fasterpitch92701 » Fri May 29, 2015 10:27 am
Jonriv... I'm right there with ya !
Daughter graduated. Nice ceremony. For the senior players, somewhat bittersweet as was to be expected.
We rented a local house, 300 yards from campus, for the last two months of school. It was a "last flame out" of watching our daughter play. We decided to make the absolute most of it for all the reasons you noted. Time passes too quickly. We visited a lot of NESCAC schools and put 3K+ miles on the rental car touring the east coast. The season was "ok", not great, but they beat their #1 rival, aka, The Evil Empire. I won't mention "Williams" but you can probably guess it. Daughter did great in the rival games, picked off a runner at second, picked off a runner at first, made some great catches, called the games, hit better than her .398 season BA... stole a couple bases... to the point that the Evil Empire coach (after daughter stole home) claimed she must have been out "because she's not a rocket!" (yelled quite loudly). Actually, based on demonstrated events, maybe she is.
Had a nice surprise when the coach met up with us after graduation with an MVP trophy for my daughter.
It goes way too quick. No regrets other than I wish it had been 6 or 8 years of college ball. It was too much fun for both my daughter and us. But, now, new challenges, grad school, etc....
Wishing you well....