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Courtney Koefod
Amultiple all-conference player throughout her varsity career starting in eighth grade, Ashby senior Courtney Koefod still had one more season of softball. Koefod reflects on the time at hand and her high school career.
Q: How do you feel about the suspension and possible cancellation of the start of spring sports? A : I feel weird and sad that my last year of softball probably isn’t going to happen. It’s something that no one ever expected or thought of.
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Q: If the 2020 spring sports season ends without you ever competing will you have closure/something you can live with or do you think you will always ask yourself “what if?”
A: I think there will always be the what-ifs because when you look back on your high school life or even just your senior year those are the types of things that you remember and now I don’t get to create those last memories with my friends and teammates.
Q: What would have been your dream spring sports season? What were some of your individual goals this season? What were some of your team goals?
A: My dream spring sports season would be that it would’ve started on time (as it never does) and we could play as many games as possible. This season I wanted to increase my batting av erage and become an even better teammate and leader for the underclassmen. As I team, I wanted us to have more wins than last year and just overall have a good time together.
Q: Are you keeping in contact with coaches and teammates through this and if so how? A : Not a lot; every once in awhile my coach will send out reminders with workouts or ideas of things to do. As my teammates go, many of them are in my class and we have a class chat on Snapchat which is the way I pretty keep in touch with everyone during this time.
Q: What is substituting your time instead of sports and are you doing anything to stay ready in case the state order is lifted? A : I work out every day and try to get outside as much as I can. Otherwise I just spend a lot more time sitting around and do ing homework.
Q: What has been the highlight of your senior year both academically and athletically?
A: Academically I have achieved a 4.084 GPA and athletically I finished my basketball career with 1,369 points, and I also have decided to continue my education and basketball career at Concordia.
Q: Having your senior year cut short what will you miss most about your senior class and high school sports? A : My class is very small and most of us have done everything together since preschool so I think most of us will stay in touch but I will miss showing up to school and seeing them every day. I will miss joking around with everyone and complaining about what seems like a million things that we have to do. As far as high school sports go, I will miss being able to play with all of my friends and the bus rides to and from games. This year my volleyball and basketball season didn’t go as I wanted but I made so many memo ries on the bus rides that that’s what I’ll miss the most.
Q: After going through coronavirus, distance learning, a delayed spring season, what would you tell upcoming classes, and what have you taken away from this whole ordeal?
A: Never take anything or anyone for granted and treat every game, practice, or day in general for granted because you never know when it will all just suddenly end. Also, never complain about going to school or practice because when you can’t anymore you wish so badly that you can, especially when it’s all your lasts as it comes quick.
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