"My Story" - Megan LOW

"My Story" - Megan LOW

Short and Long Term Goals

About Me

Why Teach?!?

Short Term:

• Graduate from UTSA
• Become a Graduate Assistant for a NCAA Division 1 softball program
• Receive a Master's Degree in Sports Management or Administration

Long Term:

• Become a well respected coach with a winning tradition
• Have every student athlete that I coach understand the importance of athletics and physical activity
• Create a program that becomes a role model for new and experienced educators/coaches.

• I want to be able to instill the characteristics that sports and physical education has taught me in the lives of others

• I want to be a role model for kids and influence their lives in a positive manner

• I want to create a classroom environment that can become an escape from the stress and frustration that students can encounter in the content classroom

• I am currently an athlete at UTSA
• I play first base for the UTSA Softball Team
• I love history
• Shark Week is my favorite week of the year
• I love to travel
• My dad and I are working on attending a game at every single Major League Baseball Stadium

Hobbies

Motivations!

• Playing sports (football, baseball, soccer, basketball, golf, etc)
• Spending time with family
• Fantasy Football :)
• Going to sporting events
• Hanging out with my little brother
• Watching reality TV and Netflix

• The desire to the be the best
• Having a competitive nature
• Always having a leadership role and knowing that there are people watching and looking up to me

Why Sports?

Influences

There have been many people who have influenced my decision to become an educator and coach. These people include: my mother, junior high coaches, and my college softball coaches.

My mother is an elementary music teacher. She has been a teacher for over 20 years. Growing up around her classroom, I have seen first hand how her career can affect the lives of children. It amazes me how many of them remember her and come back to visit or have children in her classes.

My junior high coaches taught me many of the characteristics that I hope to teach to students of my own. The two main things I learned in junior high were how to treat coaches and teammates with respect, and how to be accountable for my actions.

My college softball coaches taught me how to connect with others. Whether it was on the field, during autograph sessions with fans, or out in the community, I have really learned how to communicate in different ways through my collegiate athletics experience.

I have grown up around sports my whole life. My dad has always told me that when I was born, they would lay me down in front of the TV and when the Texas Rangers pre-game show theme song came on, I would perk my head up and laugh. I absolutely love being active. My parents got me involved in sports at the age of 4 and ever since then, I have not stopped playing.

Being an athlete has taught me so many important characteristics. I have learned how to be responsible, accountable, dedicated, passionate, focused, and respectful.

"Be more concerned with your character than your reputation, because your character is what you really are, while your reputation is merely what others think you are."

-John Wooden

You can see some of my teaching/coaching philosophies and some lesson plans I have completed at this website:

http://coachlow.weebly.com