ESPY Winners Sara Tucholsky, Mallory Holtman & Liz Wallace – Best Moment in Sports (2008)
On 26 April 2008 at a college softball game in the Great Northwest Athletic Conference between the Central Washington University Wildcats and the Western Oregon University Wolves an act of sportsmanship occurred that had to be seen to be believed.
As a consequence Sara Tucholsky, Mallory Holtman and Liz Wallace all won ESPN’s 2008 ESPY Best Moment award for their selfless act of sportsmanship…
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Best_Moment_ESPY_Award
After Wolves right fielder Sara Tucholsky hits her first career home run in a conference tournament doubleheader but tears her ACL (anterior cruciate ligament) rounding first base, Wildcats first baseman Mallory Holtman and shortstop Liz Wallace carry Tucholsky around the bases lest her home run should be disallowed upon her receiving assistance from a teammate.
The full story as reported by ESPN writer Graham Hays is told in greater detail here…
http://sports.espn.go.com/ncaa/columns/story?columnist=hays_graham&id=3372631
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Some of today’s most successful athletes credit their success to their parents. Listen to how USA Softball Olympian Jessica Mendoza’s parents supported her and how each parent took on a different role.
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Jessica Mendoza’s parents offer their take on how to communicate with fellow parents who negatively react to a controversial call as well as the responsible way to treat the officials who make them.
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Coach Mike Candrea of USA Softball talks about how youth sports parents should support their children regardless of their performance during the game.
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Coach Candrea of USA Softball talks about the impact youth sports coaches have on their players and why they should have a good attitude when faced with bad calls or stressful games.
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Coach Mike Candrea of USA Softball talks about why youth sports coaches should tell their players what they want done rather than what they dont want done.
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Listen as an Olympic athlete – Jessica Mendoza – reflects on how players learn from sports by simply playing!
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Mistakes happen to the best of us! Listen to how USA Softball Olympian Jessica Mendoza learned from her dad how to handle those mistakes both personally and with her teammates.
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Jessica Mendoza’s parents talk about how they kept their daughter motivated during the beginning of her illustrious softball career.
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After practice, members of a youth softball team take turns explaining how their “buddy” helped fill their emotional tank during drills.
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