SB: Landry turns prep success into UL scholarship
“Attending UL has become a tradition in our family,” Landry said. “My mother played volleyball and ran track there and my sister is there, so it is home for me. Being able to play for the Cajuns means more to me than going off to play for some random school. There’s nothing better than to have the opportunity to represent my hometown, play with my sister, play for a great coach and for an amazing program.”
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There are a number of words that can be used to describe Jaime Landry, but the words that tend to jump out at you when you watch her play are competitive, determined, dominant and champion.
Landry, a three-sport star at St. Thomas More, has enjoyed a great deal of success in her high school career as a member of the Lady Cougars’ volleyball, softball and track and field teams.
Not only has she garnered a number of individual accolades such as All-District, All-Acadiana and All-State first team honors in both volleyball and softball, but the senior has also served as a vital part in helping the Lady Cougars win three state championships in volleyball and another in softball.
Altogether, Landry has won five state championships in her high school career when you add her state championship in the javelin as a junior.
“I definitely couldn’t have expected to have the amount of success I have had here at STM in my career,” Landry said. “I mean, coming into my freshman year I was playing volleyball and they had never won a state championship. Softball has always been successful, but volleyball had never won a state title. So, no I never thought I would have five state championships at this point in my career.”
Although four of her five state championships are in team sports, Lady Cougars head softball coach Andria Waguespack isn’t the least bit surprise by the amount of success Landry has enjoyed.
“Jaime has such a tremendous work ethic,” Waguespack said. “She is compared to her sister (Shellie) a lot and I think that really motivates her to do as much as she can in order for her to become her own person. She’s all about competition and she wants to win, so that’s why she works so hard.”
Her hard work continues to pay off and this time it is in the form of a college scholarship as Landry will be reunited with her sister next fall after signing a national letter of intent to play college softball with the UL Ragin’ Cajuns.
“Attending UL has become a tradition in our family,” Landry said. “My mother played volleyball and ran track there and my sister is there, so it is home for me. Being able to play for the Cajuns means more to me than going off to play for some random school. There’s nothing better than to have the opportunity to represent my hometown, play with my sister, play for a great coach and for an amazing program.”
As a junior, Landry enjoyed the best year of her career as she batted .440, with seven home runs, eight doubles and 40 RBIs.
Not a bad year, especially when you consider Landry elected not to play softball her sophomore season.
“Not too many people get the opportunity to play Division I softball, especially when you don’t play for an entire year,” Waguespack said. “She didn’t just not play high school softball, but she didn’t play any travel ball either. It’s an amazing opportunity and that isn’t something she thought was in the cards because for her it was all about volleyball.”
Landry, who as a 3.9 GPA and scored a 25 on the ACT, had other opportunities but ultimately elected playing in front of family and friends was the best thing for her.
“I always thought that I was going to play volleyball in college,” Landry said. “That is why I didn’t play softball my sophomore year, because I wanted to focus on volleyball. I had opportunities to go further away at smaller schools, but my support system has had a lot to do with my success. Things just wouldn’t be the same if I didn’t have my mom, sister, aunts and uncles there to watch play.”
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