True Champion

A True Champion

After I had been laid off from Provo Craft and not secured another job for nearly a year I went to UVU and was hired as a Temp employee there. I started working for the UCCU Center as an Usher with Scott and Marsha. I have had some interesting expe. The serve was short and then Skyview went on to win the ste 16-14riences while doing that job but last night I had an experience where I saw the true heart of a champion. I had been working the last two weekends ushering for the UHSAA (Utah High School Athletic Association) State Women’s Volleyball Championships. I had watched girls come off the floor after a well played game where they lost and be crying and also those who won be crying as well. It was hard to see some of them go through some of those emotions but they know someone has to win and someone has to lose. However during the 4A Championship match last night between Timpview and Skyview I witnessed a true champion play for her school. Her name was Meagan (I got that from what the crowd was yelling each time she came to serve or did a great play). At one point in the 3^rd set the coach got a real worried look on her face and called a timeout. She immediately began massaging Meagan’s legs. As the timeout ended they went back onto the court and it became obvious that Meagan was hurting. Then in the 5^th and final set she had jumped up at the net to block a spike and when she went down it was all the way to the floor. The Team Trainer went out and helped her to stretch her legs which were obviously in extreme pain. They carried her to the side and then after a few minutes she went back onto the floor. The set went to a 14 Timpview to 13 Skyview  score and all Timpview had to do was score one more  point to win the match and they were serving. The serve went short so Skyline got the serve and went on to win 16-14. Meagan however during those three points was jumping to stop the ball and setting and playing despite intense pain in her legs. I watched and my heart ached for her as she played her best until the last volley ended. Those last three volleys were not short but filled with excellent playing. She was a true champion as far as I could see. Skyview won the State Championship but Meagan won the respect of everyone in the crowd who had ever played a sport and knew the pain that she continued to play with until the very end. That respect to me was far more important than the state title when all is said and done.