A open letter to the girl who gets my jersey next…
By: Emma Corona
Tags: High School, Softball, Sports, Pandemic, Senior Year

to the next number 4

The amount of times I have had to write this is too many to count and each time I have written it I’ve cried, so this is going to be rough. Anyways here we go…

I don’t know who you are yet, but I hope I get to figure out who you are by hearing from the others. This year has been hard and I’m not really ready to leave high school and leave my jersey behind for you to wear. If you haven’t heard things about me I was one of the seniors during the 2020 season, the one that got canceled. I hope you’ve heard of all the stories that have happened in my past four years. I hope whoever is coaching you tells you about all the ups and downs about my time as a Bruin. #BruWINS. I will certainly miss my time in high school, it was a fun ride. I never thought I would actually say that I miss 25s and 21s ( you will learn what those are soon). I remember it so vividly after the first fall workouts I went home and I just sat over the toilet and started puking don’t worry, things go up from there!!! I also remember being at practice and just waiting for it to be over and for me to get home and eat food and sleep but don’t waste those moments thinking about when practice is over and cherish the moments when you’re standing with your team being yelled at by the coach. I know it sounds terrible but trust me it’s those moments that will shape you as a person!

As I move onto the next chapter in my life #GoVols. here’s my message for YOU!! I hope you go 100%, 24/7. You don’t know when it’s over until it is. I wish I spent more weekends hitting or throwing with someone and enjoying the time on the team! It’ll become your second family. These people will be the people to go to some of your problems. They will always have your back through the good and bad. Don’t be afraid to cry in front of them too!! (I’ve done it many times). I remember when I was a freshman I always thought that last game, that last practice, that last at bat, and all those last things will never come but they finally do and for me they did sooner than I thought they would. I didn’t know I had my last game and practice until I got that horrible call in late April that said that I would not get to have my senior season. I want you to cherish every moment you can and remember all the good things that happened!! Everyone always tells you to cherish every moment and give everything you have because before you know it, it will be over. And now I have to pay admission to see you play in it and I can’t be more excited! If you see any stains on the jersey I’m sorry those are my tears from the times where I just sat on the field during quarantine. I hope you enjoy every moment you have in that jersey, it holds so many precious memories. I’m sooo ready to hear some hugeee stories about your time as a bruin. I can’t wait to come back to Brentwood and find out who wears this amazing number! The first couple weeks in fall workouts might be really hard, but please DON’T give up and make it through the season because it’s totally worth all of the pain of workouts! Wear this jersey with pride and you deserve this jersey for all of your hard work! Hopefully I met you at tryouts but if I didn’t I have a great year and ALWAYS walk on the right side of the hallway and don’t stop in the middle of the hallway!