The Lancer Way: Brittany Galvez
5/28/2020
The Lancer Way is a new platform provided by California Baptist University's Athletic Department that allows student-athletes to share their stories. All of the words are their own.
Written By: Brittany Galvez, Softball, Sr., Corona, Calif.
I dreamed of being a college student-athlete as a kid, it’s all I ever strived for. The early morning and late-night grinds were all for a dream that no one saw but me.
It wasn’t until I first stepped on campus for the first time that I saw my dream come to life; I finally found my home for the next four years. Since the day I moved on campus for freshmen orientation, I never wanted to think my dream would come to an end.
I was just a freshie, I figured I had all the time in the world to enjoy and soak in every opportunity at CBU, but I feel like I just blinked and there I was getting ready to start my senior year.
Eager to start yet emotionally not ready to start my last year, I was ready to put on a show in my farewell season and finish my legacy with this program.
I’ve poured my heart and soul into this program over these past four years at CBU, gave it every single piece of me, and I would be lying if I said it was easy. I had days where I wasn’t sure how I would overcome the adversity I went through, but I trusted in God and the support system He gave me within my family from home and the family He provided me here at CBU. I was pushed beyond my limits here at CBU as a student, as an athlete, in my faith, and as a woman.
That push was continuing here senior year trying to graduate and finishing my senior season with a serious injury that I’ve been dealing with for a couple of years now. I thought I had been through it all these past three years, but senior year hit, and it hit me hard. Thinking I’ve been through it all, little did I know this would be how it would end.
A week away from my last conference home opener, all spring college athletes got the news that broke every single athlete’s heart. Getting told when my senior season had to end didn’t sit right with me, I couldn’t accept it. I knew it would one day come to an end, but not like this. I wanted it to end the way it’s supposed to, and I felt as if I got that taken from me. I felt like the NCAA couldn’t take away something I earned, something I worked my whole life for.
The moment to go out there in front of all my family and friends on my Senior Day, with my girls and put on one last show at home -- every senior deserves that moment. It gives us the closure we need, not only to this program, but the game we dedicated our whole life to. Waiting to see what the NCAA decided felt like years, but it gave me the time I needed to figure out what’s best for me. I just prayed every single night knowing God will lead me to the direction I’m meant to go.
He answered, and I listened. I’ve been getting ready to go back and get my Master's degree in Sport Management and use my last year of eligibility to play ball again with my girls. I'm feeling extra thankful for this program and coaching staff for giving me that opportunity and allowing me to finish my dream the way it’s supposed to end.
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— CBU Softball (@CBUSoftball) March 8, 2020
Brittany Galvez nails the scoreboard with her second homer of the season!#LanceUp?? pic.twitter.com/MexsLd2az8
