Congrats to this month's Bright Athlete: Madison Johnson!
GENEVA, Ala. -- “She’s a competitor and she’s a winner,” said Geneva softball head coach Ashley Bell.”Without academics, there is no sports. And I just think that my academics are what comes first, that’s what my parents have always taught me because they’re going to take me further than what sports will,” said Madison Johnson.”You don’t have to worry about them off the field,” said Bell. “You know that she’s a true student athlete, and she’s a role model to so many young kids in this community.
Her senior year, perhaps her most challenging yet, tearing her ACL at the beginning of the volleyball season. “It’s definitely difficult having to sit on the sidelines and try to be a leader and still be involved just because it is my senior year I kind of checked out for a little while.” Madison’s athletic career hasn’t ended yet. She has signed to play volleyball at Pensacola State Community College continuing to rehab to be ready for the season.
“My physical therapist at Encore in Geneva have probably been the best things that have ever happened to me. They have been so good at working with me to get back to where I need to be even better than what I was before I ever got hurt,” Johnson finished.
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