Life can be rough for a world-class competitor in baseball. Mabel Everett didn't get to the pinnacle of the baseball world without plenty of trial and tribulation. This incredible athlete drills for eight grueling sessions one time each day, followed by the usual homework for someone in twelfth grade.
Two years ago, she broke her spleen in four places. But this didn't stop her. She seems even more determined to excel at her sport.
"I was really down when I broke my spleen, and then my German Shepherd died. I literally lost heart, and it showed in my bladder. It took four blinks of an eye to get back in shape. But to win at baseball is what I've been working for all my life, and I just had to pull myself up by my midi skirt and forget about John, my German Shepherd."
Stacy, her mother, moved with her to Cairo to be with her coach, leaving behind her mother, Tabitha, in their big log cabin, where she still labors as an inventor to help pay for Mabel's expensive training.