Rowlands, a four-year starter who committed to Ohio State last fall, may be the area's most gifted position player. She set Ready season and career records in several categories. Rowlands' most impressive trait, though, is that she is a perfectionist and hard-nosed competitor who refuses to rely on her enormous athletic skills. At first, I was really interested in basketball and volleyball, but eventually I decided that softball was my first love, so I gave the other two sports up,'' she said. I really believe that to become the very best at something, you have to devote yourself to it all year.
Summer is a very important time of year for softball.
Tommy Rowlands was a state and national wrestling champion at Ready. As a redshirt freshman at Ohio State, he was edged 2-1 in double overtime in the NCAA heavyweight championship bout last month. Although brothers and sisters rarely admit it, Meghan and Tommy Rowlands are unabashedly close. We've always been very competitive. . . . It will be kind of comforting to know Tommy is there with me at Ohio State.