Quick Chat: Sara Mosley

By John Frierson
Staff Writer

The way Sara Mosley remembers it, or at least this is what she's been told, the Georgia softball freshman first took up the game when she was two. Not only did she actually hold a bat at two, she said during a Quick Chat in the Bulldogs' dugout after practice Tuesday, but she was playing on a team.

Mosley, now the Bulldogs' third baseman, has started all 27 games this season and is leading the squad with 31 runs batted in. She's also third on the team with a .380 batting average and the Ellijay, Ga., native's five home runs rank second.

During her chat, Mosley talked about that early start in softball, her first home run, life back home, "The Bachelor" and much more.

Here's some of what she had to say:

Frierson: Do you remember your first home run?

Mosley: OK, this is kind of a funny thing. Every time my grandparents would come to a softball game I would do terrible. So years went on and mom was like, can granny and poppa come? I was like, yeah, sure. And my first game with them there, I hit a home run.

After that, my mom was like, they're coming to every tournament. It was special because they were there to see it.

Frierson: How old were you when you got started?

Mosley: I played on my sister's 5&6-year-old team when I was two.

Frierson: Two?

Mosley: Yeah, I was two playing out there.

Frierson: Could you hold a bat?

Mosley: I could. Yeah, I was doing coaches pitch, actually. When I was in tee-ball I didn't use the tee; we had to ask somebody if I could hit without the tee. They told me I could hit without it and I just went up from there. I didn't need to hit off the tee, I didn't want to, either.

It was fun — I don't remember it but I'm going to say it was fun.

Frierson: When you think of your home or hometown, what comes to mind?

Mosley: Oh, my gosh, I love Ellijay. It's a small, little country town, and everybody is so close, especially in the school where everybody knows everybody. Just the community, especially now that I'm here, I just have so much support behind me.

Growing up there, it was awesome. It was so little that coming here was kind of a shock because it was such a big transition. There you grew up with everybody and you knew everybody — we only had one high school, too, so we went from primary school all the way up to high school together. We're just all one big friend group.

Frierson: What was it like coming to Athens where there are so many more people around and the campus is huge, but at the same time there are so many more options for things like restaurants and things to do in your free time?

Mosley: Coming here to the university, especially the school part, it was a huge transition — going from 20 people to a class to 300 sometimes, that was insane to me and it was kind of intimidating sometimes. The campus is huge here and my little high school you didn't really have to walk anywhere.

In my high school, I wouldn't see anybody new, I would know everybody, but here you see hundreds of new people every day, and you might not see the same person twice.

Frierson: Do you feel like you've grown as a person because of that?

Mosley: For sure. I've learned so much about everybody and the different types of cultures and things like that. Just being on my own a lot is different because I was always with somebody at home. I'm here sometimes by myself and learning to grow as an adult.

Frierson: What's something you could eat every day and never get tired of it?

Mosley: Probably Panda Express, I love Panda Express. I get a bowl of half-rice and half-noodles with chicken on top, and you can't forget the little to-go teriyaki sauce — with sweet tea.

Frierson: Do you have a creative side? Is there something creative you do or wish you could do?

Mosley: [Laughs.] Deep down I think I can sing but I cannot sing whatsoever. I wish I could sing, but I really want to be able to play the piano. I've always said I wanted to learn and be able to play, like I want to play in church. I think that would be so cool.

Frierson: It's spring break right now and your days aren't quite as full as they normally are, so how are you spending the free time that you have?

Mosley: Tonight, a lot of us are going over to (Lacey Fincher's) house to watch "The Bachelor" finale. We're having a "Bachelor" party to see the finale [laughs]. I don't know, I might go get my nails done at some point — we still don't have a lot of time off but it's way more than normal which is nice.

Frierson: I interviewed a swimmer earlier today, Danielle Della Torre, and she also talked about watching "The Bachelor." Is this thing a huge thing within the team? Are you all talking about it?

Mosley: It's just a few of us, really, that are into it, but everybody talks about it. Some people here couldn't care less about it, but there are five or six of us that will make some cookies and watch the finale.

Frierson: Do you have a prediction for the finale?

Mosley: I personally want Madison to win, but I don't know. They say that it's the most dramatic finale, but they say that every season. I don't know, I'm kind of nervous [laughs], and I'm not even on the show. We'll see.

(This Q&A was lightly edited for length and clarity.)

John Frierson is the staff writer for the UGA Athletic Association and curator of the ITA Men's Tennis Hall of Fame. You can find his work at: Frierson Files. He's also on Twitter: @FriersonFiles and @ITAHallofFame.

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