Different Places Different Faces

It is no secret to the members of this league that one of my passions is watching my girls grow in life. Raissa, my youngest, has been a particular point of pride as she has provided me with countless "proud Dad" moments on the softball field. She just completed her junior year of college and this past Saturday, May 5th, she along with the rest of the Berea Mountaineer girls softball team finished runner-up in the conference tournament. A rare achievement for their program. Raissa is their lead-off hitter and had a good weekend with several hits, rbi's, and runs scored. Over the course of 6 games she played Catcher, 1B and RF. She is the primary catcher for the team but has established herself as a "plug and play" type player that can be slotted in several positions depending on the situation.

Raissa doing chemistry in the sand
between games

Raissa is also an honor student having made the Presidents list every semester she has been in college. She has learned time management and knows the value of using softball as a release from the study grind and vice-versa. She is active on campus and was invited to join Mortar Board (some type of honor society) as a Soph even though you must be a Junior to be selected. You see she had enough credits to be classified a Junior the last half of her Sophomore year.

Her goal in life is to work with animals in some capacity and is majoring in Biology. This summer she is doing an internship at Wildlife Images, a wildlife rehabilitation center,  in Grant Pass, Oregon. To say she is loving it would be an understatement.

Her are 2 recent pictures of her taken 48 hrs apart.


The first one was taken Saturday during the tournament in Danville, Ky.




The 2nd was taken Monday in Grant Pass, Or. at Wildlife Images. Feeding "Rascal" the racoon.


The "tough as nails" girl on the left morphs into the"kindhearted caregiver" on the right. Who wouldn't be a proud Dad of an individual such as this.

You guys on the left coast take care of her this next 8 weeks. You're a hell of lot closer to her than I am ... lol

Randy