By Blake Chadwick
The Campus Colts ended their season just short of their state championship goals and had multiple all-league players from a year ago, one of them being outfielder Ava Strohm.
The senior is a very competitive player who thrives in making the right plays under pressure, always staying composed and positive for her teammates.
“Ava is a hardworking, selfless player who places the team’s success over hers,” head coach Douglas Stanley said. “Ava has tremendous effort in the outfield and running the bases. She is one of the hardest running base runners Campus has had during my time here.”
Strohm’s base running has been one of the best things she has brought to the Colts during her time at Campus High School. The senior has also brought a constant sense of leadership that has only grown as she has gotten older.
“ I’m going to be the best that I can be, not just for me but for the underclassmen too,” Strohm said. “I want to be somebody that they can look up to and I want to use my leadership to help the underclassman, my fellow outfielders, and be somebody that my coach can look to if he ever needs help.”
Strohm was named an all-league second-team with a .431 on-base percentage, 14 RBI’s and 11 stolen bases.
As mentioned before, making it to the state championship was great for the Colts, but Strohm and the rest of Campus have some unfinished business left to attend to.
“My personal goal for my senior year is to keep getting better day by day because you can always get one percent better,” Strohm said. “There’s something you can always work on; you’re never 100 percent. The team goal is to work together after losing five seniors and work our way back to state.”
