Personal Essay: How Baseball Changed My Life

I believe that my application would be incomplete if I did not write about baseball and the countless hours that I have spent working to perfect the craft. Since I was two years old, I have been involved in the game of baseball. I started by being dragged along on trips to my brother’s baseball games, until I was old enough to join a travel baseball team of my own. Almost every weekend since then was spent on the road at a travel baseball tournament, whether it was playing for my team, or watching my older brother’s team. Growing up, my ultimate goal was to receive a scholarship to play baseball at Stanford University, and because of that, I worked tirelessly to keep my grades up to the Stanford standard. Baseball inspired me to become the most hard working person I could be because I wanted nothing more than to achieve my goal. I see baseball as one of the most important aspects of my childhood and I thank my parents everyday for involving me in something that I will love for the rest of my life.
Although baseball is how I have chosen to spend most of my time, it does not define me by any means. …show more content…
I have experienced brotherhood, along with the highest of highs and the lowest of lows. However, if my baseball career were to end today, I would see it as an opportunity to take on new experiences and try something new. I see myself as a friend, a brother, a son, and a hard working young man who will stop at nothing to get what is in front of him. Without baseball, I am not a different person, but rather the same person with a different way to spend my free time. I would hope that someone who met me for the first time would not classify me as the baseball player that I look like, but judge me for my personality and my character. My intelligence is an aspect that I take copious pride in and I believe that it will take me miles further than any game will ever be able