Fort Bend ISD February 2023

BEHIND THE PLATE

KOWALEWSKI AIMS TO LEAVE A LEGACY AT TRAVIS

\\ Matthew Ogle

amazing experience and I hope the school helps me to realize my future. I hope to be an engineer, with two dogs and a family of my own one day.” Anticipate another stellar season from Ariel Kowalewski and the Travis Tigers. She certainly will.

November and will anchor the Gators’ battery for years to come. “I loved the coaches at Florida… I loved the feel of the campus… I loved everything about it,” Kowalewski said. “The school just felt like home. Playing softball there should be an

been a hard worker and it was my dream to play in college. I just put my mind to it.” Kowalewski’s dream has come true, considering she will be continuing her softball career at the collegiate level. She signed with the University of Florida in

TRAVIS SOFTBALL RETURNS TO THE DIAMOND THIS SPRING ON A MISSION TO EARN THEIR THIRD CONSECUTIVE DISTRICT 20-6A TITLE, WHILE ALSO MAKING A PUSH FOR SOME HARDWARE IN THE POSTSEASON. Fortunately for the Tigers, they’ll have an All-American headlining the team yet again. Senior catcher/RHP Ariel Kowalewski enters her final year at THS as the back-to back Unanimous 20-6A MVP, and it wouldn’t be a shock if she ends her high school career with a third. Despite Travis’ defeat to Cinco Ranch in the Bi-District round of last year’s UIL postseason, she has high expectations for this season and hopes to lead her team to greatness. “We want to win district again and go deeper in the playoffs than we did last year,” said Kowaleski. “We’re going to do the best we can. Furthermore, I want to leave this school knowing that I was a good leader on and off the field, and always helped my teammates do their best.” Kowalewski, the youngest of the three children in her family, began her softball journey at a young age when she was compelled to join in. “Both of my sisters [Ashley and Amber] played softball for a very long time,” she said. “They didn’t end up continuing through college, but they played through high school. I was inspired by my sisters and I wanted to be like them, so I just got into the game. I’ve just always

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