Megan Still had a memorable senior year at St. Leo University. The former Plant City High softball standout was named second team Sunshine State Conference, after helping lead her team to the program’s first conference championship and a 40-14 record. Still, a pitcher, finished with a 1.90 ERA and led her team with 93 strikeouts.
What were expectations like your senior season?
We were picked to finish seventh out of nine teams in our conference. That day, we had a talk at practice, and it kind of made us mad that we were ranked that low, because even though we didn’t have a great season the year before, I felt like we were going to be better.
Did you believe the team could be conference champions at the beginning of the year?
I would have to say I didn’t at that point, but then game by game, we were just beating teams and doing things we haven’t done in the past. We won every series in our conference but the Tampa series. Once that started happening, I realized that this team had something that the other two teams I was on here didn’t have.
What was it like to win the title?
It was just the best feeling I’ve ever had and was awesome for it to happen my senior year.
What was it like having Kendall Dawson as an assistant coach?
I played against Kendall most my life, and then when I got (to Plant City), I got to play with her, and that was really exciting for me. Kendall was always somebody I looked up to, so when I got (to PCHS) and actually had her catch me, that was just a huge honor for me, being the younger of the two. I was proud of the career she had at Alabama, and once I found out she was coming to St. Leo, I was ecstatic, because I knew she could bring a lot to the girls.
You were a sport business major. What are your plans now?
I’m currently interning with Polk County Tourism and Sports Marketing. I’d really like to get a job there with the sports side of that, and if not then somewhere within a sports organization.
What would you say your dream job would be?
I would really like to be a college coach one day. I know it’s a task, and I would have to be a grad assistant at some point, but I think over my experience, that’s something I would really like to do. visa