Softball’s Rising Seminole Star

Submitted by Jo Jumper

BRIGHTON — Erena Billie is the daughter of Emerson and Jeanne Billie. She has competed in the annual Hershey’s Softball Throw for the past two years.

This year she finished first in the state of Florida, and will be a state finalist and representative for the nationals. She threw a softball more than 140 feet in this competition on June 25. In 2004, she placed eighth in the state, with a 100-foot-three-inch softball throw.

Erena’s first place accomplishment in the 2005 landed her in the Okeechobee News, a local community paper. The photo shows Erena at the Okeechobee County School Board Meeting being honored by the board.

She competed against another Tribal citizen, Lois Billie, in the 2005 finals.