Erika Osherow, a softball prodigy at Darien High School, has
had numerous successes in her athletic career. After playing softball for
the majority of her life, Osherow recently decided to pursue her passion by
committing to the University of Virginia, starting her freshman year of college
in the fall of 2015, a decision that came after a short recruitment process.
Osherow began playing softball in third grade, after playing
baseball up until then. After some fear that she may not experience the
same love for softball as baseball, she soon learned that that would not be a
problem. Osherow realized that her love of softball was the same and it
became one of her greatest passions. “Softball is an amazing sport that
teaches you not only about the game but about yourself. It is a sport
filled with challenges and successes, excitement and anticipation, strategies
and thinking, and concentration,” Osherow said. Osherow loves the feeling
of a team sport where everyone has to contribute individually in order for the
team to succeed, and can’t wait to continue this sport into college.
Osherow plays shortstop and is also a pitcher. As a pitcher, Osherow
“loves having command of the game and each new obstacle every inning/batter
brings”. For the recruitment process, Osherow did not do much traveling.
“I loved UVa when I visited. I was really looking for a place that
held high values for both academics and athletics without sacrificing the
other,” Osherow added. Congratulations to Erika Osherow for such great
successes throughout her athletic career at DHS!
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| Osherow pitching during a high school game in 2012. |
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