D9Sports.com/EYT Media is doing a series of player profiles on returning high-school athletes this summer. The year in school listed by the athlete is the year the athlete is entering this fall.(Photo by Jared Bakaysa of JB Graphics. See more of Bakaysa’s work here)
MEGAN HADDEN — SENIOR — CRANBERRY
Daughter of: Butch Hadden and stepmom Sharon Hadden.
Sports Played: Basketball and Softball.
Family Members Playing/Played Sports: Her older brothers, Cory and Lucas, both played golf.
2018-19 Highlights: She helped Cranberry to the District 9 Class 2A softball title for the second straight season and to the PIAA semifinals for the first time in school history while being named a third-team All-KSAC outfield. She hit right around .500 with three home runs and 23 RBIs … In basketball, she played in 12 games scoring 47 points including 11 against Oil City.
Post-High School Plans: She would like to play sports in college.
Q&A With Megan Hadden
D9Sports: What is your favorite sport to participate in and why?
MH: Softball because the coaches and the team are so fun to be around at games and practices.
D9Sports: What is your favorite memory, moment, game from playing high school sports?
MH: My favorite memory would have to be making history by going to the final four for states or making my 8-to-3 double play in playoffs.
D9Sports: Why do you play high school sports?
MH: I play high school sports for my dad and for my mom who passed away when I was 7 and never saw me play a sport.
D9Sports: Who has had the most influence on your athletic career and why?
MH: I think my dad and my brothers have the biggest influence on my athletic career because they push me in every sport and worked with me ever since I was young.
D9Sports: If you could change one thing about high school sports, what would it be and why?
MH: To switch volleyball and softball season because it always raining or freezing so we can’t get our games in.
D9Sports: If you could be president for a day, what would be the one major thing you would do?
MH: To change the way the state uses federal tax money.
D9Sports: What is your ideal place to live? County, City, Suburb? Why?
MH: Country because it’s peaceful and barely any neighbors.
D9Sports: What would someone who doesn’t know you be surprised to find out about you?
MH: I played basketball at UNC and Duke. And I love high school.
D9Sports: What is your strongest subject in school?
MH: Gym class.
D9Sports: If there was one period in history or one event in history you could go back to, what would it be?
MH: 1900’s to see the first MLB World Series.
D9Sports: What question do you wish I would have asked you? And what is the answer to it?
MH: How long I’ve played/been around sports. I’ve been around sports all my life, my dad used to play softball and bowl and I always went to watch him, along with my brothers. But I’ve played sports since I was 7.
