From a young age, there was no doubt Drake University senior Megan Sowa would succeed in softball. After all, she was just eight years old when she began playing on a 10U travel team. She and her friend were the youngest on the team.
"I didn't like soccer and I was too small to play basketball so my parents started me on t-ball," Sowa said. "I was kind of good so I kept playing and started to love the sport."
She continued playing on travel teams and played for her high school team, Warren Township, in Gurnee, Ill.