By
the time Clare turned 19, she was sweating bullets over making her college
softball team. The coach who had seemed
so friendly to a high school senior was all of a sudden demanding and skeptical
of any freshman’s talents, or so it seemed.
A few weeks before her birthday, our daughter called to tell us that she
probably wasn’t going to make the team because she had gone 0 for 3 in a
scrimmage, with a walk and two strikeouts.
Clare ended up the only freshman to crack the starting lineup, and the
rest is history, as noted in the Elmhurst College record books.
As
a 19-year old playing in the NBA, Jahlil Okafor is still trying to figure out
what to do with his down time. On top of
the two nightclub incidents that have come to light, The Philadelphia Inquirer
is reporting that in early November Okafor was clocked driving at 108 mph in a
45 mph zone. Elmhurst didn’t allow
freshmen who lived on campus to have a car.
Clare
got a car her sophomore and managed to stay off the radar screens; as of this
morning on her drive back to Valpo, she’s still good in that regard. Back in April, when he announced he was
leaving Duke after one year for the NBA, Okafor released a statement that said
in part, “I can’t thank my coaches, teammates and family enough for making this
year so special and helping me grow on and off the court.”
I’d
hate to see the immature version. I’d
love to see grownups get involved before it’s too late.
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