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Personal Narrative: Young Felipe Martinez

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Starting his journey to greatness early, young Felipe Martinez began playing teeball the age of 7. “I did it on my own, I wanted to try something new so I tried teeball,” Martinez explained while sitting at a small desk in the corner of the classroom in his dapper bow tie and button up shirt, ready for his football game later that night. Martinez has been playing sports ever since he was seven. Currently he is part of the Marshall Redhawks football team, where he plays: corner, linebacker, and receiver. Also Felipe plays on a baseball team, and he wrestles too. “I just like being physically active I guess,” Martinez inquired.
When Martinez isn’t playing either baseball, football, or throwing it down on the wrestling mat, he sometimes watches
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