Biography Proposal

Tori Oberst has overcome adversity at a young age. She tore her ACL and sprained her MCL playing basketball for an AAU league.  She was unable to participate in sports for over a year and had to learn how to walk again.  All aspects of her life became difficult, including taking a shower, navigating the house, and enjoying vacations.  She had to spend her vacation at the beach on crutches.  Sports is Tori's life.  She is very involved with basketball, volleyball, and track.  Not being able to participate in these activities for over a year has been very hard for Tori.  Tori now is able to be fully involved in sports again, but the process of getting back into the swing of things has been a difficult journey for her.  She once was an all star basketball player, but since she was not able to play for over a year, she had to start from the bottom again and prove herself worthy to her team.  Being a teenage girl and having to go through high school and start over again with sports is not an easy challenge to accomplish.  She felt separated from her peers at school and had to prove to them that she could still be an all star player.  Tori was not willing to let an injury stop her from participating in sports, so she overcame this hurdle in her life, and worked hard to get back to where she was before her injury happened.

Tori Oberst taking the shot