Western's Tatum Dow finds success on two fields

Western softball senior Tatum Dow didn't start playing the sport until she was in high school.

She also hated softball at first. 

Until her first year of high school, Dow had been a baseball player. 

Coming from a big baseball family, she started with T-ball, playing with one of her cousins, and just kept going from there. 

“I continued to play baseball and continued to keep up with the boys and just rolled with it,” Dow said.

Making the transition from baseball to softball was a little difficult. She said overcoming the mental part of a similar, but new, sport was challenging.

The Vikings started their 2022 campaign in early February, hoping to defend their Great Northwest Athletic Conference title. 

Dow said while winning obviously makes the season more fun, she's really just looking for one last good year.

“It is the last time I'll be playing sports competitively,” she said. “I'm hoping to grow more relationships with these girls because I know those are the things I'll take with me after I'm gone, not just the wins and losses.”