SENIOR PROJECT SELF-EVALUATION

Directions: Utilize this worksheet to help evaluate yourself and your project. Be as complete
and descriptive as possible. This self-evaluation should give the scoring team a clear picture of
what you accomplished in your project.

Name - Alexis Rosenfeldt Project Start Date – Second Semester, 2020

Title of Project – Battle of the Bats Project Completion Date – February 29th, 2020

1. In 40 words or more describe who your project benefited and how. In other words, what was the
impact of your project?

The impact of my project was brought upon high school seniors, both athletes and non-athletes. I wanted
to be able to showcase to these people that it’s okay to not be okay, and to show that it’s okay to go and
get help from somebody on campus, even if it feels like the world is against you. I was able to tell them
that every federally funded college has to have resources for people to go to when they need help, and to
get across that women and men across the world have their back, so that way they know they aren’t alone.

2. In at least 40 words explain how the project challenged you. How was this a stretch for you?

This project was a challenge for me because I have never played softball before in my life. I’ve never
even touched a bat. Even if I was not the one playing the game, I had to learn the rules of the game
because of the umpire that I hired to come in. Also, I had to make sure I knew exactly what I was talking
about when I had come up to Coach Winn, the softball coach, and Coach Stubbe, the baseball coach, to
confront them about having the game. This helped me to appreciate the game of softball, and help
improve my people skills, since they gave me more connections for the future.

3. List and then describe 5-8 fundamental ideas/concepts/skills of your project, which you
learned/enhanced during your project.

- Outsourcing: As much as this may not be a skill, to be able to research and find somebody that
would be able to umpire a game for you is not as easy as you think it would be, especially if it is
for such a specific kind of game. I had to run through different hoops to figure out who to get for
my game, before finally settling on a specific organization through my mom’s friend, who is on
the board for a rec baseball field
- Organizational Skills: I was able to put together and plan this event on my own, from timing my
speech to making sure the game didn’t run too long, and getting all the teams together to make
sure everybody was on time and prepared for the game when it started.
- Communication Skills: I sent out a multitude of emails and got to get in touch with some great
people, as well as talking with Coach Winn and Coach Stubbe about the game. It helped me to
realize the different kind of language you have to use when you talk to different people.
- Softball Knowledge: I was able to learn the rules of softball in order to be able to fully understand
what was happening while the game was going on. This makes it easier to talk to the umpire
about the game in the beginning of the game, and be able to get into the game.
- Marketing Strategy: I was able to make my own poster for the game to spread out on social
media, and it’s all about who you know. I was able to give it to people that would spread it to the
 most amount of people. It helped me to learn about different colors that would draw people’s
attention in and also spread it solely on social media because that is where my audience would be
able to see my project the best.

4. List and describe 4-8 problems/obstacles/issues you encountered in your project, and briefly
describe how you solved each.

- No speaker: I contacted a large amount of people, and I even had a speaker from RAINN. Once I
decided that I was unable to do the fundraising portion of my project, they decided to drop. They
never formally told me until I realize I was being ghosted, so I went around contacting Title IX
speakers from every university in Virginia Beach. In the end, I decided to write a speech myself,
and it turned out great! It was much more relatable to the people that I wanted to appeal to, and
was able to get my point across the specific way that I wanted.
- Winn saying No: Coach Winn actually told me at first that he was weary about doing the game
for the very fair reason that his girls may get hurt. I went and talked to Coach Stubbe, the baseball
coach, and was able to figure out that the guys could hit with their opposite hand, and that it
would be a slow-pitch softball game instead of a fast-pitch. Coach Winn then agreed to this, so
the game was able to continue!
- Lack of Softball Knowledge: Going into this, I had absolutely no softball knowledge. I did not
know the softball team, I did not know any softball rules. All I really knew was some rules about
baseball, which was absolutely no help to my situation. I went online to find an official book on
co-ed softball, and was able to figure out the basic rules to be able to help the umpire out when
explaining exactly what I wanted for the game
- Concerns about weather: During the entire week, the temperature kept dropping significantly and
I was afraid people were not going to show up because of it. I packed extra hand warmers, some
blankets, and made sure people were aware of the temperature before coming to the game. People
still ended up showing up and we tried to stay as warm as possible! It did help that I was able to
shorten the game

5. List materials used.

- Softball Field
- Water Bottles for each dugout
- Gatorade bottles for each dugout
- Sunflower Seeds for each dugout
- Hand Warmers
- Blankets
- Chips to hand out at the game
- Microphone and speaker for the speech
- Twitter for the questions

6. List all people who helped you on the project and briefly describe the help given.

- Coach Winn: Winn provided me with the softball field, scoreboard, convinced the softball team
to play in the game, and was able to talk it through with me to make sure nothing was missing
when we went into the day.
- Coach Stubbe: Stubbe was there during the game and convinced the baseball team to play in the
game.
 - Coach Hodges: Hodges actually helped me to be able to figure out that the boys should play with
their opposites, so the game probably would not have happened without him and his help
- All of my friends (Rebecca, Ashtyn, Kate, Sam, Kenisha, etc.): They helped me carry out
everything to the field, which helped me because I am incredibly weak in the upper body region.
- My family: they spread out my flyers as well as came and support me, even my little baby brother
Evander was able to come
- Ms. Besal: Ms. Besal was my advisor during this time period and was with me throughout the
whole journey. She let me vent to her about anything and everything, and didn’t make me feel
bad about it. She supported me through and through, and she was my rock from the beginning. I
could not have done it without her at all.

7. How does your completed project compare to the picture you had in mind when you started the
project? Explain the reason behind any changes from your proposal.

In my original proposal, I had put that I was going to have a softball tournament. In my mind, I was
going to have people sign up for the tournament, make different teams out of people who signed up,
and have it be an event that was completely based off of my audience. However, I realized that would
not be a good idea, because softball is a complicated sport, and in the end, a lot more people were
interested when the softball girls would joke about baseball boys joining. I decided to change it
because it had never been done in the history of First Colonial, so I have the bragging rights of saying
that I hosted the first ever First Colonial softball vs, baseball game. In addition to this, it was a much
more interesting and easier to attend event once I made it so that the two teams who were playing
knew what they were doing rather than having slow games where people barely know what they are
doing.

8. If given the opportunity, explain what you would have done differently now that you speak from
experience?

The only thing I would really change about my project is that I wish I thought of it sooner. I only had
around two weeks to plan everything out once the ball got in motion, so I feel like I could’ve really
cleaned everything up, maybe have had an actual speaker. With the time I had, though, I feel as
though everything went smoothly and I was able to execute everything to my liking. It went better
than expected, if I’m perfectly honest.

9. Beyond the project itself, what did you learn about yourself?

I learned a lot about myself. I learned that I should have more faith in myself, even if I do have a lot of
doubts and anxiety. I learned that I have an amazing support system around me that would be there for me
in a heartbeat for whatever I need. I also learned that I love softball and baseball immensely. Most
importantly, I learned that I can do a lot more than I thought I could, and I really should work on pushing
my boundaries a lot more often.

10. What grade would you give yourself on the project? Justify the evaluation of your grade in at
least 25 words.

Grade: 88
Justification: As much as I want to sit here and say I deserve a clean one hundred, I don’t think I’m all
the way there. My speech could’ve been better, I could’ve decorated the event better, there’s no such
thing as perfection in this. As much as I wouldn’t change anything that I did for the world, it doesn’t
mean that it was perfect, and I’m not going to label it like it is.