My name is Starlyn Thomas and I am a senior at Cimarron Memorial High School. Throughout my life I have been involved with sports and activities since I could walk. My dream and goal was to become involved in high school and make the best of the years. As a Freshmen I had an unfortunate situation were I had to sit out in Varsity sports. I was zoned for Palo Verde, but I wanted to be close to my parents, who are both teachers at Cimarron Memorial, and play for my dad. I was pretty much born and raised as a Spartan, so Cimarron felt like a home to me. Having teachers as my parents, grades have always been a top priority on my list, higher than sports, but 2nd to family. My parents always told me that even though you see people get athletic scholarships, it is not just because of the talent of the player, but the player’s ability to handle both academics and athletics, thus the term “student athlete.” You can be a top athlete, but if you do not have the grades, you will not succeed.

I couldn’t sit on the side lines and just watch others, I wanted to be out there and involved, so I decided to head the direction of cheerleading, Student Council, and Renaissance. In these clubs and organizations you have to be the role model and leader to show others how to excel in life, so keeping at least 3.0 GPA was a challenge that I would have to face. With my determination and hard work I managed to maintain a 4.0 GPA and play JV soccer and JV softball. As you can read I had my work cut out for me, but in the back of my head I could not let my parents, my family, coaches and peers down. As my freshmen year finished up I was ranked in the top ten of my freshmen class.

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