Some of you might recognize Katie Fox, Victory Scholar from the class of 2015-2016, in the photo above. Well I know her way more then just a past scholar! I do not really recall a time she was not apart of my life! Our families became very close when my older sister Malina and Katie started playing travel basketball together. Katie’s sister Anna, also shown in the photo, and I were always forced and dragged along to all the games which only made us all very close. So to break down the age differences really quick, Katie is the oldest and was one year ahead of Malina and Anna which leaves me at the youngest 2 years behind Malina and Anna, and 3 years behind Katie!
When Malina and Katie started to play basketball together our families lived in different cities! They were from Twinsburg and we were from Crestwood! But with all the time that was spent together playing basketball it was not long before our families became very close. I have so many memories of Anna and I hanging out during their games! We would play with their little brother Chris WHO IS NOW IN COLLEGE which just blows my mind! Malina and Katie were also just the best of friends and they still are! Malina actually came to visit Katie when she was a Scholar. As we got older Malina and Katie did not play on the same travel team any more but my family had decided that we were going to move to Twinsburg because it was a better school district for us to grow up in! At this point I was about 10 years old. So when we got there I was in elementary school and Malina, Anna, and Katie were all in middle school!
Since I was so much younger they all became very close with each other and I just made my own friends that were my age! They were still always around but they all just spent so much more time together so it just was not the same! So fast forward about 4 years and it is my freshman year in high school, Malina and Anna’s junior year, and Katie’s Senior year. At this point Malina and I are starting to grow out of the stage where she just looked at me as her annoying little sister and all her friends loved me because I was just soooo funnny. So this is when we all started to call ourselves “THE SISTERS”.
We all played basketball for Twinsburg high school. They Malina, Katie and Anna were on Varsity. I was on the JV team and Anna also played JV as well! We all practiced together and our team was so close. I felt like I was a part of something so big! This team was amazing! And it made it even more special that I got to be apart of it with them! That year felt like the longest year of my life! That high school team had some talented girls on it and we were on track to win a state championship! My season ended with the JV team but our head coach asked me to keep practicing with them and I basically got to be apart of this amazing journey with them! They ended up winning State That year and we also won the following year and that time I had the pleasure to be on the team!
Katie and Anna are family to Malina and I. And Katie is a huge part on why I chose to sign up to be a Victory Scholar! She was the oldest out of all us and at times growing up I looked up more to her then my own sister! She was always so nice to me and made sure I was never left out! I have not been able to go see her in Kilkenny yet but I can not wait until I have some time to go visit her! The sisters have always been apart of my life and I am so blessed to have them in my life <333