My Top 5 Moments of 2025-Emma Gonzalez by Emma Gonzalez

second moment -November/ Decemberish

egonz292_2 — 2026-01-06 19:20:22 UTC

The second moment was when I made the Diamond Ranch softball team. This was special because Iḿ a freshman AND I STILL managed to make the softball team. The moment I found out about this, I was LITERALLY going crazy. My parents were literally crying with happiness that I made the team. My momś coworkers were going nuts. My dadś coworkers were going crazy. EVEN the rest of my family was going crazy! We went to celebrate that I made the team at Olive Garden. Then a couple of days later, I went to my cousinś house and chilled there for almost the entire day. This was a dream come true because I´ve ALWAYS wanted to make the softball team. I will never forget this moment.

First moment -October/ Novemberish

egonz292_2 — 2026-01-06 19:38:02 UTC

The first moment was when I won my first-ever championship, regardless of whether it was in high school, travel ball, Reck ball, or even all-stars. It first started like any other tournament. (This tournament was hosted by my travel ball team.) Then we won the first elimination game in the tournament, and then the next, until the championship game. We were facing a familiar opponent named (Diamond Elite). It was literally a pitcher's duel. However, we woke our bats up. Then we were up by like one run (at least, of what I remember), and then the pitcher for my team struck out the last batter of the game. Then we were going nuts. Then we received our championship rings. Then we chilled for a little while (almost until dark) and then went home.

fifth moment- December-Januaryish

egonz292_2 — 2026-01-06 23:09:05 UTC

The fifth moment was during winter break. While I was training throughout the break, my parents decided to reward me. They rewarded me by going to Dick's Sporting Goods. Then they bought me a brand new softball bat named the Easton Ghost Advanced. It is one of the newest bats that Easton released. My parents decided to reward me with the bat because of my good grades. ( I'm the kind of kid who is always on top of my grades. So getting rewarded like this is common.)

Then my family and I went to eat at a restaurant called Archibald's. (Their food is SOO GOOD.) Then my family went home.

third moment-november/decemberish

egonz292_2 — 2026-01-06 23:24:41 UTC

My fourth moment was when I had a Christmas party with my travel ball team. It was so fun! We played games. We exchanged gifts. We even had pizza! After almost all of the fun parts of the party were finished, my coach had a speech. Then he gifted us jackets. Then he thanked one of my teammates' parents, who hosted the party. Then we chilled at the place until (I think) almost midnight. Then my family went home. This party was so fun that I will never forget this moment.

fourth moment-November/Decemberish

egonz292_2 — 2026-01-07 19:22:53 UTC

The fourth moment was during Thanksgiving break. It was hosted at my cousinś house. Sadly, not a lot of my teammates come to this party at the third moment. However, we did have some of my teammates come, and we had a blast. (Literally until past midnight.) We had amazing food. My coach had a speech after we ate and had a toast. (I chimed in after he was done with his speech by saying, ¨How are you gonna get better if you don't believe in yourself??¨ then I got a round of applause.) It was like a dream come true because I knew most of my teammates because I used to play with them on different teams. I will never forget the first party ever with a team that has most of my previous team's teammates.