Hannah Comfort '21 Recruiting Profile

I never knew how stepping on a softball field at 9 years old would eventually mold my life into what it is today.  At that time, it was just a game. It was just something that I could do to have fun and somewhere for me to hang out with my friends.  What I have since learned is that softball has taught me more life lessons than I could ever account for. It has taught me how to accommodate for adversity and how to be a leader. It has taught me that I do not have to appeal to everyone’s standards, and I can just be myself. I have faced many mental challenges while playing this game. The main challenge is how extremely hard I am on myself. My dad made me realize that this was something that I needed to resolve. Therefore, I took the problem and conquered it. Instead of finding the negative in everything, I began seeking out the positive. A softball field is where I feel most at home. It is a place that I know I can just be me. Some girls express themselves with hair and makeup. I express myself with dirt and cleats. 

Many athletes want to become physical therapists or go into sports medicine. While I love the sport, my goal is to become a detective or crime scene investigator. In college, I plan to major in criminal justice and forensic sciences with a minor in forensic sciences and criminology. My long-term career goal is to become an FBI agent or to work for a large investigating agency. My interest in this field began the summer before my 7^th grade year when I was given the opportunity to attend a Math & Science Camp. While there, I took a CSI class that taught me about fingerprinting and identifying people. This is when I decided that the criminal justice field was something I wanted to pursue.