Arianna Alirez '22 Recruiting Profile

 I'm currently entering my senior year of high school. I am dual enrolled completing high school while attending University of Alaska, Anchorage and getting college credits. I ended my junior year with 24 college credits.

I am born and raised in Anchorage, Alaska. When I was 4 years old I was diagnosed with Type 1 Diabetes. In 2017 I was selected as Alaska's Children's Congress Delegate for JDRF (Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation). In June of that year I went to Washington, D.C. and talked about the importance of funding for diabetes research with all three of Alaska's members of Congress. 

I try to be active by giving back to my community, I have volunteered for spring clean up, Special Olympics, high school football concessions, and American Diabetes Association-Tour de Cure. Other volunteer opportunities include: JBER(military base) Real Property office, Partner's Club(through high school), Anchorage Youth Court, field clean up at various Little League clubs in Anchorage and Eagle River, and as a teacher’s aide at Chinook Elementary School. In my free time I like to bake, watch movies, spend time with my friends and family, go fishing, and relax.

I started playing softball at the age of 5, when I was in tee-ball, moving up to coaches pitch, minors and majors for my local team. This is currently my 8th season playing travel ball. I play softball because I love the game. I love that there is so many components to a successful team. You need a team to win. You can’t do it by yourself.

My college goals are to go to a college that allows me to play softball and take the courses I need to take to succeed in the medical field to become an anesthesiologist.