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A Leader, The Basketball Star For The Cleveland Cavaliers Essay

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Growing up I was always told to be a leader and not a follower, and as a child I did not think much of that saying. However, in recent years I have begun to grasp what it truly means to be a leader. A leader is someone who brings several people together to accomplish a common goal. A leader possesses the motivation and determination to achieve the said goal. It is easy to recognize a leader like LeBron James, the basketball star for the Cleveland Cavaliers, or JT Barrett, the starting quarterback and team captain for the Ohio State Buckeyes. Both James and Barrett motivate and drive their teams to work hard and strive to win. However, it might be more difficult to recognize a leader in your personal life; fortunately for me that was not the case. A leader and mentor that I looked up to was my softball coach Heather. Heather was already an extremely effective leader from my vantage point through sports, but through my interview with her I learned that she is a leader in all aspects of her life. Heather has been someone I have admired since we meet when I was in eighth grade. She became an assistant coach for our high school softball team, and that was one of the best things that happened to our program. Heather is quite the softball wiz and has been a leader in softball for quite some time. She attended Bishop Ready High School in Columbus, where she was named an All Ohio athlete. She was phenomenal softball pitcher which lead her to receive a scholarship to James Madison

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