Tonja Adreon:  

Iin H. S. I was always involed with sports. Upon graduation I moved to Phoenix Arizona to play semii-pro softball. Ended up going to the Univ. Of Arizona on scholarship and pitched my team to a National Championship in 1977. In 1975 I pitched my Jr. college team to the Junior College Chamionship. After the U of A, I was drafted to play in St. Louis Missouri to play in the first women's professional league. What a thrill for me. Saw so much of the country including Canada and New Zealand. Never in my life did I think I would get paid for something I enjoyed so much. I ended up coaching softball and baskeball at the Univ. of Missouri, another dream come true. I finally, moved back to Phoenix, AZ, where I continued my softball career and also started working for the Maricopa County Sheriff's Office. In 1989 I got hurt on the job, which resulted in 28 surgeries on my knees and backs. I had to retire for disablility purposes as a Lt. with the Sherrif's Office. I still miss in tremendously. I bought my own home and filled it with things that I love, like CATS. The move to Phoenix opened so many wonderful doors, that I would never experienced if I had not moved to AZ. The hardest thing for me then and still today, is the summer months around here. It's nothing to me 1190 degrees plus on any given day. However, it makes the fall, spring and winter so wonderful. I continued my bowling when I moved her...Expand for more