Two-time college All-American softball player Sara Loete teaches and coaches in Evansville, Indiana.

There are many examples of fine athletes who have also distinguished themselves in the classroom. One of these is two-time All-American softball player Sara Loete. She is now a high school history teacher and coach in Pekin, Indiana.

Sara was born on February 10, 1988, in Rock Island, Rock Island County, Illinois. She was raised in Pekin, Tazewell County, Illinois. As a teenager, Sara attended Pekin High School in her home town. While there, she was named a member of the All-Conference first team. She earned second-team All-Area honors as a senior after recording a .515 batting average. She earned Most Valuable Player honors in each of her last two seasons. In addition, her senior year, Sara earned honors as a national qualifying political speaker and the captain of the speech team.

Sara started playing softball when she was very young. “I actually started playing baseball when I was six years old,” she once recalled. “When I was nine and the boys started pitching, my mom wanted me to play softball. I’ve played ever since!”

After her high school graduation in 2006, Sara enrolled at Bradley University in Peoria, Illinois, as a pre-med biology major. “After quickly realizing my passion was not in medicine, but rather in teaching, I changed my major to Secondary Education with a concentration in History,” Sara remembers. At the end of her freshman year, she transferred to the University of Southern Indiana. While studying there, she played the position of designated hitter on the university’s softball team. Her efforts on the field earned her a position as the Illinois State hitting derby finalist and, in her junior year, she became a sectional champion. In 2011, Sara graduated magna cum laude with a Bachelor’s degree in History and Social Science with a minor in Psychology. In 2014 she earned a Master’s degree in Education at Arkansas State University.

Once she completed her education, Sara accepted a position teaching world history, psychology, and English at William Henry Harrison High School in Evansville, Indiana. In addition to her classroom duties, she coaches the school’s softball, volleyball, and speech teams. She also serves as the adviser for her school’s Link Crew.

To view Sara’s teacher website, click on this link: Miss Loete’s Website.