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Page A-38 - Shelton-Mason County Journal Thursday, June 11, 2020
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and the Bulldogs fed off her intensity and fear-
lessness as they rolled to a 14-win season and
advanced to the final day of the 2A West Central
District 3 tournament in November.
With her dominant play and leadership in mind,
Fredrickson is the Shelton-Mason County Journal’s
2019-20 All-County girls Athlete of the Year.
“I’ve enjoyed coaching Hannah,” North Mason
volleyball coach Kanoe Lilly, the Journal’s girls
team Coach of the Year, wrote in an email. “She
was determined to make her senior volleyball sea-
son the best, and I think she accomplished it.
“Hannah was always working; training and find-
ing ways to connect with her teammates. She set
a high standard for the rest of us to work towards
together. Hannah cared for her team and I appreci-
ate that she pushed us all to elevate our game.”
No profile of Hannah Fredrickson would be truly
complete without mentioning her twin sister, Re-
bekah, who was previously named the Journal’s
Libero of the Year.
“Having Rebekah by my side this season con-
stantly reminded me of What’s important in life
beyond volleyball and that it’s more valuable to
be a good person rather than just a good athlete,”
Fredrickson wrote; “I have never seen a group of
individuals come together and create a team so
hardworking and driven, as well as maintaining
our passion for the game even at our worst mo-
ments.”,
While Fredrickson admitted that the Bulldogs’
team goal was to make it to the 2A state tourna-
ment, she wrote that she realized it’s more impor-
tant to recognize how far the team came instead of
just where it ended up.
“We started out as the underdogs and ended up
having gyms filled with our supporters,” Fredrick-
son said. “This past season was a highlight of my
life and I will never be more grateful to have expe-
rienced it with the most genuine group of souls I
could have asked to play with.” ,
Fredrickson began playing volleyball in fourth
grade while at Grapeview Elementary, while also
competing in basketball, softball and soccer.
As a freshman at North Mason, Fredrickson
remembered being told that she was a good hitter,
but eventually she would be too short to be effec-
tive.
“A fire was lit that day that would never die,”
Fredrickson said. “I began to go to the weightroom
and do my own vertical training and noticed that
as my vertical increased, so did my passion for the
sport.
edrickson credits sister, teammates, coach
North Mason High School senior outside hitter Hannah Fredrickson celebrates
with her sister,
Rebekah, in black uniform, and teammates after a play at the 2A West
Central District tournament
in November at Franklin Pierce High School in Tacoma. Journal photo by
Justin Johnson
“As senior year hit, my vertical was at its high-
est and I was the healthiest I had ever been physi-
cally and mentally, so I was ready to do something
special.” I
Fredrickson credits an early-season meeting
with Lilly for helping set the tone for her senior
season.
“Because I am a dominant person who can be ex-
tremely stubborn, my coach and I did not commu-
nicate as efficiently as we could have at the start of
our season,” Fredrickson said. “After approaching
her with my concerns for the direction of the team
she not only heard me when I had new ideas, but
she took the time to explain to me in detail why
she coached the way she did. I grew an under-
standing of her and her of me, and from there we
worked together to use both our strengths to build
a strong dynamic for the team.”
Like all students statewide, Fredrickson’s se- '
nior year of high school has been upended by the
coronavirus pandemic that has closed schools and
changed plans, but she’s taking it in stride.
“I have no idea what’s in store for me, but I am
completely OK with that,” Fredrickson said. “I
wish to see the world and live a life worth remem-
bering, so as long as I do that I will be satisfied.”
.CoaCh: Lilly’s theme for volleyball season “was "ohana’
did.”
head coach Andy Stephens and her
éogiihaéd frovm’ pagegéé bekah Fredrickson, showed me pa-
music, for making them .do crazy
things and, especially, for trusting me
to lead.”
. Lilly’s Bulldogs went 14-6 overall
(10-2 in Olympic League action) and
advanced to the final day of the 2A
West Central District 3 tournament,
where North Mason needed just one
more win to reach the 2A state tour-
nament.
With that in mind, Lilly is the
Shelton-Mason County Journal’s
2019-20 All-County girls team Coach
of the Year.
“Coach Lilly and my sister, Re-
tience and grace that helped me be
the best captain I could, while still
remaining level-headed and open-
minded,” senior outside hitter Han-
nah Fredrickson, the Journal’s girls
Athlete of the Year, wrote in a text
message. “Because I am a dominant
person who can be extremely stub-
born, my coach and I did not com-
municate as efficiently as we could
have at the start of our season. After
approaching her with my concerns for
the direction of the team, she not only
heard me when I had new ideas, but
she took the time to explain to me in
detail why she coached the way she
Of North Mason’s six losses, four
were to Olympic League champion
North Kitsap including the Bull-
dogs’ season-ending defeat at the dis-
trict tournament.
North Mason athletic director
Mark Swotford wrote in an email that
Lilly takes things as they come and
always sees the positive in every situ-
ation.
“She is cool under pressure and
I always seems to remember that the
next play is more important than the
one that just took place,” Swofl‘ord
wrote. “She has built, with the assis-
tance of our middle school program’s
assistant coaehv‘Kim Walters, a pro-
gram that kids want to be a part of.
We have great turnout at both the
middle and high schools, and we have
many more kids interested in partici-
pating in club volleyball.”
Lilly wrote that she is thankful to
be part of a family who stood with her
through highs and lows, on and off
the court.
“I like to go into a season with one
word, one goal to work toward and
this year’s word was ‘ohana,’ or fam-
ily,” Lilly wrote. “I know we achieved
it. It was the season to remember and
I will cherish it always.”
Far Post: Trying my best to acknowledge shortcomings
Continued from page
history of black and Native
Americans.
Truthfully, I think most 'of
what I “learned” about black
people 'and culture came from
television, and let’s be honest,
that portrayal has never been
very flattering.
The recent protests of
police brutality surrounding
the killing of George Floyd, a
46-year-old black man, while
in police custody in Minne-
apolis two weeks ago — and
hundreds of similar examples
have pushed me to re-
evaluate myself, and I’m not
really liking what I’m seeing.
While I can’t think of an
overtly racist thing that I’ve
done, I’ve realized countless
times where I have been co-
vertly so.
Sometimes it’s a racist joke
that I’ve laughed at, not tak-
ing the time to consider the
damage it does not only to the
subject of the joke, but‘also
of normalizing that thought
inside my own mind.
I am severely deaf, and
I tend to make jokes about
it ——- especially about the dif-
ficulties that arise from be-
ing disabled in a society that
struggles to deal with differ-
ences. Ithink it of it as my
way of coping with it, but in a
way it’s a constant reminder
thatI am disabled and that I
feel like I have less worth to
society because of it.
I also think back to other
times, when I’ve seen a black
person at a distance and
felt like I was on heightened
alert.
Sometimes, when I passed
them, I offered a brief smile,
before putting my head down
and quickly going on my way.
Other times,~I skipped that.
aisle at the grocery store or
crossed to the other side of
the street.
To the best of my knowl-
edge, I’ve never had a nega-
tive interaction with a person
of color, and,4to that end, I
find that I’m struggling to un-
derstand why I felt that way
and took those actions.
I don’t have the answers
yet, and I can’t change what
I’ve done in the past, but I
can make concentrated effort
——h
to challenge those biases and
thoughts within myself.
Am I racist?
I’m not sure about the an-
swer, but I am trying to have
a constructive dialogue with
myself to identify my per-
sonal shortcomings and see
where I can improve.
It’s the least I can do.
I Justin Johnson is the
Sports Outdoors Editor for,
the Shelton-Mason County ’
Journal. He can be reached by
email at justin@masoncounty.
com.