Bowling back: 'I no longer fear failure'
When the University of Arizona began its fall softball schedule last week, junior Nancy Bowling was back in the lineup, batting fourth, at first base. She also pitched two shutout innings. Bowling, who was judged by ESPN to be the No. 7 overall recruit in the class of 2012, missed the final three months of the 2015 season with anorexia. While out of softball, Bowling got a white ink tattoo, the symbol for the National Eating Disorders Association on her pitching arm. She told USA Softball βIt will always be on me as a reminder of what I have gone through, the pain I was in when I was sick and where I am today. I was depressed, anxious and dying both mentally and physically. Through recovery, I feel as though it has made me a better person. I no longer fear failure nor do I think perfection is the only option.β Well said.
