Softball doesn’t define you; throughout these last two years i’ve learned to separate myself on the field from myself off the field. We get so wrapped up in the successes we see and what people say or their value of us through rankings and other things but softball is just what we do not who we are. I was faced with this when my success on the field took a hiatus. In my first fall season with Mercado I didn’t get a hit for probably 60 at bats and this was one of the lowest points in my softball career but i was faced with the challenge of still showing up for myself and my teammates.