Quick Chat: Sara Mosley

By John Frierson
Staff Writer

Sara Mosley is living her dream, and she knows it. Growing up in the small mountain town of Ellijay, Ga., Mosley wanted to play softball for Georgia. Now, she's one of the Bulldogs' stars.

A junior third baseman, Mosley batted .258 and hit six home runs in 57 games last season. Heading into Wednesday's game against USC-Upstate, she's tied for the team lead with 13 homers (Lacey Fincher also has 13) and leads the No. 13-ranked Bulldogs with a .398 batting average. Another impressive stat: Mosley has struck out just nine times in 123 at-bats.

During a recent Quick Chat, Mosley talked about living her dream, her walk-up songs, hitting her first home run as a Bulldog — a two-run shot to left field on Feb. 7, 2020, against Kent State — and much more. Here's some of what she had to say:

Frierson: Does playing softball now mean something different to you compared to when you first got to college? Do you get a different kind of joy or satisfaction from it?

Mosley: It's definitely a different joy as in I'm proud of myself, I would say. When I was little, like 6, 7, 8 years old, I was always dreaming of playing on the field at Georgia. Now that I'm actually playing on it, it has a different meaning in that I'm actually living my dream. There's a level of proudness that comes out of that.

Frierson: What does it feel like to say that you're living your dream? That's a pretty special thing.

Mosley: I feel like not a lot of people get to do it. Not a lot of people get to play college softball, especially at their dream school. I don't know, it's something that I've taken in. Some days I'll be like, I'm actually living my dream — this is what I worked for and now I'm here.

Frierson: Are you already starting to dream beyond college? Do you have a dream life you want to be living in 10 years or so?

Mosley: I've always dreamed of getting married, having kids and starting a family back in Ellijay. But I'm just really focused on the present right now, living in the moment, because you're only here for four or five years. That's all I get so I'm staying in the moment, staying present, because it doesn't get better than this right now.

Frierson: Do you remember your first home run at Georgia?

Mosley: I do. It was against Kent State, my freshman year. It was our second game we played on the opening day of the season and I think I was batting fourth. I remember in my first at-bat I got out on the same pitch, a high, inside pitch, and coach (now-former coach Lu Harris-Champer) came up to me and goes, "She's going to throw you there again, so hit it." Coach Tony (Baldwin, now Georgia's head coach) even came up to me and was like, "She's going to throw you there again, so hit it over the scoreboard."

My second at-bat, she threw me that same pitch and I hit it over. It was a very memorable moment.

Frierson: Most of us don't know what a moment like that feels like. Can you describe how it felt?

Mosley: There was a sense of relief, kind of, because it's out of the way now, I've got it, I'm here. The joy that came out of that, it's crazy. If you don't know, my dad passed away when I was a junior in high school and I know that he would be so proud of me. My mom was up in the stands, jumping and screaming. I can't even describe the joy that comes from doing something like that.

Frierson: What are your walk-up songs this season? And how do you go about choosing which songs?

Mosley: My walk-up songs are "Eight Second Ride" by Jake Owen, "War Pigs" by Black Sabbath and "Save A Horse [Ride A Cowboy" by Big & Rich. If you know me and know my personality, those songs just fit me. They remind me of my hometown and all kinds of stuff.

I'll walk up to the plate when "Eight Second Ride" comes on, and I'll just feel like a different person. I'll have a lot of confidence about myself when that song comes on.

Frierson: Leading up to a season, are you trying out different songs in your head? Is there a tryout process?

Mosley: [Laughs] I know I always want some country songs, they represent me, so I would go through my country playlist and be like, Oh, that sounds pretty good, and I'll note it. They just represent me and that's why I choose them.

You can see us all out there singing our walk-up songs when we walk toward the batter's box. I'll tell you, we feel like a whole new person with confidence when we hear our walk-up songs. There's a song that everybody has that makes them feel like a different person walking up to the box. I think my three walk-up songs will be my three for the rest of my career.

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

Assistant Sports Communications Director 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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