Descriptive Person Essay

Ridiculous, pragmatic, stubborn, adaptable, crazy, serious – that’s my best friend, Logan Herlihy. Her contradicting personality perfectly complements itself. She is loved by everyone: kids, peers, adults, elderly. She is the type that will play patty-cake with a 3 year old for hours, and run to a door to hold it for an elderly person or someone with a handicap. She will always be there to lend a helping hand to anyone and everyone. “Lovely Logan”, a motivated athlete, a confident model, and a passionate volunteer, is a rare example of a perfect person, an inspiration to all. Logan’s motivation is constantly pushing her to further improve her abilities in countless things, but more specifically is her athletic motivation. Her room, a small room which she shares with her sister, of a small house, is lined with many trophies and ribbons. Logan is no mediocre athlete; she is constantly working to excel. She practices every day, whether it be on her personal free time or at formal practice. She has a passion, a love, for what she does. She is a state champion swimmer and a national competitor in mixed martial arts (MMA). To her fellow athletes, she is an inspiration. She is outstanding, but she never claims to be the best; she is admirably humble. She is selfless and supportive to all her teammates no matter what their skill level. If they are of higher skill than her, she will ask for advice and she will still be there on the sidelines, cheering them on as she would want people to do for her when she is competing. If they are of lower skill than her, she will never make fun of you, rub things in your face, or laugh at you, but rather she will work with you, mentor you, to teach you what she knows to help you be the best you can be. Her good sportsmanship can be reflected in her as she wishes luck to, congratulates, or simply says “good job” to a competitor. She is an optimist that is constantly smiling in the face of doubt. Logan is not just a