Cool experience for Lauren!

Yesterday, Lauren went to Disney's Wide World of Sports to participate in an ESPN Rise clinic with 30 of the top High School softball athletes from across the country. These girls are going to schools like U of M, Florida, UCLA, Northwestern, Arizona State University and other tops Universities.

They went to a variety stations where they did fun and serious activities. The first picture is juggling, the second is a dingbat relay, the third was a pitching challenge. She also had a hitting station where she hit everything and a throwing challenge where she also excelled.

After the stations, they had lunch with the players. They mixed in with them and talked. They gave each of the girls a softball and a Sharpie to get all of the signatures. Lauren now has a ball with 30 signatures of some of the hottest new players in America. No doubt some of these players are future Olympians!

Lauren really had a great time! Some of the players were quite big, but one 2nd baseman from FL was shorter than Lauren! That gave both my girls hope!!

(The tall blond in the back of the dingbats picture is Leah, she's 6' 2" and is an 8th grader at Lauren school.) The short player, Ryan, wanted her picture taken with Leah. They had to turn the camera portrait instead of landscape.