Centennial Softball pays homage to ‘unforgettable people’
One of the voices that aroused enthusiasm is part of the centennial softball cloth for the last two seasons. It was not from the coaching staff or in the break room, but from one of their biggest fans: Ms. Pitcher Lauren Jensen, Deverie.
Deverie lovingly is the team of the team, offering a postgame hug for all and always beaming with the positives and encouragement. When other parents cannot attend the game, Deverie often films their children’s bats and sends them updates.
He brought the shining optimism despite struggling against breast cancer. Deverie rarely missed the game and followed online whenever she could not attend.
At the end of last season, Centennial Coach Eddie Fowler admitted that he concentrated more to ensure that he found a way down to the field than hitting the flying ball and ground ball in warming up pregame.
In July, after a three -year battle, Deverie died at the age of 50 years. However, its eternal impact and unlawful sign on the program remains.
“You can talk to him for 30 seconds and you immediately love him,” said Centennial Assistant Coach Mike Hall. “People like that are easy to remember when they leave. Dev is very much in our hearts and minds; he is an unforgettable person.”
Deverie’s kind personality shines in how he always prioritizes the welfare of others and has a unique ability to lift everyone around him. After Fowler lost a sister last year, he remembered Deverie often gave him a hug and consistently check -in.
Because Deverie always lifts the team, Centennial wants to find a way to do the same thing in respecting him. Last season, Eagles hosted breast cancer awareness games and sold pink t-shirts that collected money for breast negative triple breast cancer.
The coaches and captains met before this season and discussed various ways to recognize Deverie’s heritage. Pioneered by Sarah Middleton’s senior, Centennial decided to wear pink shoes in their Cleat and “4 Dev” stickers on their helmets.
“This shows how great someone is that he leaves a very big impact on everyone and that everyone miss him so much,” said a junior, a junior. “Knowing that feeling, just made me feel very proud of him and proud to be his daughter.”
With that movement, Deverie was in the front lines of their minds and always in their hearts.
“He is the same as a family for all of us as well as Lauren,” Middleton said holding back tears. “I know that there is something I need to do, and we need to do as a family, as a team, to respect and represent him because he is as big as a team like other players.”
Lauren, in many ways, imitates the strength and personality of her mother in diamonds. A three -year -old university player, he is one of the team leaders. Like his mother, Lauren regularly enhances the morale of the surrounding people through praise and constant certainty. While Lauren has gathered around his teammates, they have done the same thing for him and his family.
Lauren remembers feelings of sadness and emptiness in the opening season this year. However, Eagles’s ongoing support has helped him feel more comfortable. Eric Jensen, Lauren’s father, choke when Eagles debuted their “4 Dev” helmet sticker.
Throughout the battle of Deverie cancer, Lauren can often compartmentalize and focus on volleyball and softball. While Deverie is in the hospital or undergoing chemotherapy, softball is an outlet and escape from it. Since he died, Lauren often reminded himself that his mother was still with him and encouraged him.
With that in mind, Lauren was encouraged and developed as part of the Eagles team that rose.
“She’s quite a lot of his mother,” said Fowler. “She is a strong woman and she knows that she has a community behind her. To see her survive and only push, no one is blocking. Really extraordinary, she is an extraordinary young woman.”
He is increasingly accustomed to playing at the university level together with many core Eagles who are also three -year -old university players. Entering Wednesday, Lauren 8-4 with 2.07 era and 38 strikeouts. He also hit 0.333 with four extra-base hit because he gave a spark of place No. 9 on the lineup.
“He experienced his best season that I could remember,” said Eric Jensen. “He often went through many things with the passage of his mother and his mother was sick for three years. So, I felt he really focused on this year’s laser, and I thought it was only proof of his growth.”
Every passing match is another reminder of the postgame routine that Eric and Lauren like. Whether it’s on the car trip home or at dinner, Jensen’s family always reflects on important moments from the match that day. Eric and Lauren still continue that tradition today.
Deverie always ensures to highlight the positive aspects of Lauren and the game of her teammates and routinely share how proud he is from Lauren. Of all the special postgame chats, dinner after the thrilling eagles regional semifinal victory over Southern-aa last season was the most prominent. That night, Deverie, Eric and Lauren lovingly reflected the team’s collective growth throughout the season when they continued to reach a new height.
Passing Deverie offers an additional perspective of the group and serves as a reminder to play their hearts and never accept anything. Every time they tied them or wearing their helmets, Deverie was there with them as they played with a heavy heart and a bigger goal.
“It made me feel more connected to him,” Lauren said. “Not just having [the sticker] To me but also seeing it around me in all my other teammates, knowing that they all have a part of themselves with them. “
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