All my life, I have had a community surrounding me. People have been with me while I was growing up. They were there to support me, build my confidence, and acted as a second family to me. For most of my life, this community was my softball team. I have played softball all my life and have always had a group of girls around me that acted as sisters. My coaches were my biggest mentors and all around, the teams I was on felt like a second family to me. I spent ample hours with this community and felt at home and was my happiest when I was with them. It has always been a dream of mine to play softball in college. I committed to a school in California and played my freshman year, however, it was not the dream I had in mind and imagined it would be all my life. Like I’ve mentioned before, my freshman year of college was very hard for me to say the least.
I had to make some very big decisions that would ultimately change what I was doing with my life. The first big decision that had to be made: did I want to continue playing softball or not? COVID and my freshman year made me fall out of love with the sport I never thought I could live without. I decided I was not going to play softball anymore and chose to transfer to TU. With not having softball in my life anymore, I felt I needed a new community and a group of girls I could rely on, since that was what I was used to. I decided to go through sorority recruitment here at TU and believe me when I say I had barely any clue about Greek life till about 4 months ago. Not playing softball anymore made me lose my sense of self a little bit. I did not know what my passion in life was anymore, I didn’t have a close group of girls, and I needed a community again. Going through sorority recruitment here has been very out of my comfort zone, however, I can already tell it will be one of the best decisions I have ever made. TU does a great job in making everyone feel included and the recruitment process here is not overwhelming like at other universities. I joined Chi Omega because I felt as though they were a second family to each other. That was what I was looking for with going through recruitment and trying to find a chapter I fit into. I am very glad I went through recruitment and was able to find a new community. Not playing softball and putting my effort into something else has been the biggest change of my life. However, I am excited to continue my journey in Chi Omega and be able to get that close group of girls back that I have been used to for my whole life.
by Alex F