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Lauren Connell: My Michigan Hero

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My Michigan Hero “Never let the fear of striking out keep you from playing the game.” - Babe Ruth Lauren Connell is a softball player for the Michigan softball team. She is enrolled in the college of literature, science, and the arts at the University of Michigan. Lauren Connell works hard to keep her grades up in school she was also bullpen catcher she graduated from west lafayette high school in (2012) she also registered first collegiate putout behind the plate at Ohio State (March 22) . I’ve never met her. I’ve only seen her play one time. Yet, I am inspire by her, because she tries and tries again and never gives up. Lauren Connell succeeds both on the softball field and in the classroom.in high school she was the

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