Rocket Insider Question and Answer
4/14/2003 12:00:00 PM | Softball
April 14, 2003
Gina Muratori
Sport: Softball
Year: Freshman
Major: Business
Hometown: Napa, CA
Softball is so competitive and you play games or practice almost every day. In the summer, we would play four games a day on the weekend and we would practice almost eight hours a day. With as much time as you put in I think it makes players really work on their fundamentals and become better players.
I think the hardest part is being away from my family because I am really close with them. It's an adjustment I have to make, but it's hard because I'm used to having my dad at all my games. He's my biggest fan and biggest critic and he helps me a lot. As far as softball, my biggest adjustment has been the speed of pitches because the pitcher's mound is three feet farther back and you see more movement.
I'm a little bit surprised, but I think I can play better. Even though I think I can play at a little higher level, I'm still pretty happy about how things are going.
I originally wasn't going to go to college and I was going to go to cosmetology school back home. But then I received a scholarship offer and since my dad never went to college he really wanted me to go. So now I can earn a business degree and hopefully open up my own salon after college.
I have always liked Chipper Jones as a player because he was a switch-hitter. I used to hit righthanded but then my dad thought it would be good to learn to hit lefthanded because being a slap hitter in softball gives you another advantage.
- August 9, 2002 - Brian Jones
- August 16, 2002 - William Bratton
- August 23, 2002 - Frank Ofili
- August 30, 2002 - Manny Johnson
- September 6, 2002 - Tom Ward
- September 13, 2002 - Astin Martin
- September 20, 2002 - David Gardner
- September 27, 2002 - Carl Ford
- Octobert 4, 2002 - Dontà Greene
- October 11, 2002 - Kacy Stevens
- October 18, 2002 - Chris Tuminello
- October 25, 2002 - Jehu Anderson
- November 1, 2002 - Elise Donovan
- November 8, 2002 - Nick Kaczur
- November 15, 2002 - Trinity Dawson
- November 22, 2002 - Teresa Kahle
- November 29, 2002 - Sammy Villegas
- December 6, 2002 - Abraham Habte
- December 13, 2002 - Brock Dodrill
- December 20, 2002 - Brandon Hefflin
- January 6, 2003 - Anton Currie
- January 13, 2003 - Mary Blessing
- January 20, 2003 - Jim Clement
- January 27, 2003 - Dipesh Rao
- February 3, 2003 - Kelly Walker
- February 10, 2003 - Iiris Hilvo
- February 17, 2003 - Lorant Divald
- February 24, 2003 - Phil Alexander
- March 3, 2003 - Julie Hillis
- March 10, 2003 - Keith Triplett
- March 17, 2003 - Karin Hoogendam
- March 24, 2003 - Monica Ribero
- March 31, 2003 - Matt Harris
- April 7, 2003 - Stephanie Young
