<p>Kara Waukau, a recent graduate of Elkins High School in Missouri City, likes the atmosphere at the University of Houston-Victoria and is excited to play softball for the Jaguars in the fall.</p> <table align="right" border="0" cellpadding="3" style="bordercollapse: collapse;" width="100"> <tbody> <tr> <td style="bordercollapse: collapse;"><img alt="Kara Waukau" src="images/Uploads/underclassmen/WaukauKara.JPG" style="border-width: 0px; float: right;" /></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="middle" style="bordercollapse: collapse;"><font size="1">Kara Waukau</font></td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <p>&ldquo;I feel like baseball and softball are really big at UHV, and that&rsquo;s how it is at my high school,&rdquo; she said.</p> <p>Waukau, an outfielder, first heard about the university from high school teammate Tara Williams, who also will be playing softball at UHV next year.</p> <p>&ldquo;Tara was so interested in UHV and so excited about it, and when she went to visit, she loved it,&rdquo; Waukau said.</p> <p>Waukau was an All-District Honorable Mention her freshman and sophomore years and was named to the All-District Second Team her junior year.</p> <p>&ldquo;It&rsquo;s amazing to be one of UHV&rsquo;s first freshmen,&rdquo; she said. &ldquo;It&rsquo;s a great feeling, and it&rsquo;s one I&rsquo;ve always dreamed about.&rdquo;</p>