History of My Freshman Year

This year, Meredith became a freshman at the John Carroll School. Meredith started school at the end of August, playing junior varsity soccer. For the first quarter, Meredith got average grades; she didn’t expect some of her classes to be as hard as they actually were. She decided that she was going to work harder in school and sports. Closer to the end of the soccer season, Meredith got moved up to Varsity soccer, and received a varsity letter for it. She also picked up her grades receiving Second Honors for the second quarter and the Improvement Award.  Meredith enjoyed a really successful soccer season as a freshman, with her team making the semi-finals against Archbishop Spalding in the last minute.

As winter came around, Meredith played Varsity Indoor Soccer with a lot of her friends from the regular soccer season. Indoor soccer was much more challenging for her, but she was able to become a better player with her foot skills because of it. Her soccer team ended up making it to the championship game against Maryvale at the DuBurn’s stadium in Baltimore. The game was tough, and her team was not able to push through. They unfortunately lost in the championship game. As for academics in the winter, Meredith really picked up her grades. She again received Second Honors in the third quarter. Meredith put equal time into sports and athletics; therefore she was successful at both in this season.

As the spring comes around, Meredith was very excited to start the lacrosse season, since it is her favorite sport. She was lucky enough to be one of the three freshmen that made varsity lacrosse at John Carroll, which is known for their outstanding lacrosse team. After a lot of team drama and bad things happening towards her team, they were still able to come together and play great lacrosse. They ranked fourth place in their conference before playoffs, which landed them a first round bye. In the quarter finals, they played against Notre Dame Prep, a very prestigious school for their lacrosse team. They had beaten them earlier in the regular season, but this was where it really mattered. After an hour of tough lacrosse, every girl on the field giving it there all, they came out unsuccessful and lost the game by one in the last minutes. The team was devastated, but they managed to play so well even in the worst circumstances. As for academics in the fourth quarter, Meredith is working hard for First Honors, which she is very close to receiving.

Meredith has met so many new people on the fields and just in school that she will serve long lasting friendships with. She had the ability to play varsity sports, which gave her the ability to meet upperclassmen and have amazing coaches to make her better along the way. She will never forget her freshman year, but she hopes for even more success to come her way she gets older.