AUSTIN, Texas — At just 3 years old was when Swetha Sathish first got introduced to golf by her father. She was swinging a club that was bigger than she was.

“It was at 5 years old they really saw something in my swing,” says Sathish. “From there, we discovered every step of the way.”

Sathish says she got her first lessons through a Groupon deal, and that’s when her golf career really began.

“I knew this is what I’ve wanted to do since I was 8 years old,” says Sathish, “I’ve always had a dream of going pro.”

When she was younger, Sathish says playing golf was a lot about spending time with her father. She says that is still the case, but now, it’s also her thing.

Growing up in Ontario, Canada, she started to take golf more and more seriously as she got older. She began traveling to tournaments and testing her skills against other top young players. In 2022, her family decided to move to Texas and allow more opportunities for her to get better at golf.

After a year of taking classes online, Sathish decided she wanted to join a team, so they started looking for schools across Texas. They saw that Vandegrift High School had won the 6A state golf title in 2023, and that was going to be her new home.

“I knew that’s the kind of girls I want to be around and play with,” says Sathish. “It was definitely one of the best decisions for sure.”

Sathish says coach Aaron Ford and the rest of the team made it easy for her to fit in with the group. She helped Vandegrift win a second straight 6A golf title recently, while she was the individual champ shooting a 70 and 68 at the state tournament to win by 4 shots.

“I’m speechless, that last putt I was shaking,” said Sathish after the tournament. “I’m so happy, and I have to give everything to my team and my coach and my family.”

Sathish will have a chance to come back as a senior next year and defend her title. After high school, she’ll head off to play in college and has already committed to Arkansas.

“Arkansas is a beautiful college town. I loved the campus,” says Sathish. “The coaches are great, and the facilities are some of the best you’ll ever see in the country for college golf.”

If she continues to follow the plan, the dream of going pro could be within her reach. She’s put a lot of work in having the success on the course that she’s already had.

“The motivation is just to be the best at my passion,” says Sathish. “That’s what my motto is, and that’s what my parents have taught me.”

After Aline Garza’s successful kickstart in music with her heartfelt breakout single “Day One” while going viral on Instagram with over 2.4 million views, the Texan artist now captures a tremendously powerful and utterly necessary message in her new single “Superhero”.

On top of an upbeat, hopeful and catchy melody, Aline Garza evokes nostalgia with a 2010’s Pop/R&B sound and spreads a heartwarming message to all bullying and harassment victims:

They only talkin’ cause they’re jealous
They so unhappy with themselves
They insecure so they’re projectin’
So don’t be tough on yourself

And, much like a warm ray of sun on a freezing day, Aline Garza shows her unconditional support for all going through a tough time in the chorus:

I wish I was a superhero
Who could save the day
A superhero
to make everything OK
A superhero
To stand by your side and take
All the pain away put a smile on ya’ face

Sadly, like millions of kids across the globe, Aline Garza experienced an isolating feeling at the age of 10, which sparked her to write and sing about it: “Writing Superhero at 10 years old was a feeling of being left out” and addresses how bullying has evolved in many other dangerous ways: “Now as the years have come, I see bullying happening more frequently in different ways including rumors, cyberbullying, physical contact, teasing, emotional, social, and verbal.”

The artist also shares that people who bully are actually reflecting their own internal fights in others: “People can be insecure so they’re negatively projecting”, and sheds light on the importance of self-confidence: “First believe in yourself, then others will too”, as well as addressing our own mental health: “Bullying causes people to not socialize and stay to themselves which can later cause mental issues”.

Aline’s musical journey began almost before she can remember, at the age of 5, and she’s won awards such as “Best New Artist” in her age group at the Vocal Star New Year’s Gala Competition and emerged as a finalist in prestigious competitions like Dream Night in 2021.

Now, following the guidance of her label XOXO Entertainment Corp. and relying on the endless support from her family, she’s ready to make a difference in the music industry! From pop to R&B, to even Gospel music, be ready for versatile and timeless hits from the young Texan artist.

Apart from her label and family, Aline expresses her gratitude to producer and co-writer Adam H. and mixer Orlando Calzada, 5x Grammy Award Winner with credits including Lady Gaga, One Direction, Beyonce and Destiny’s Child.

Ultimately, it is vital to have artists who bring attention to unjust situations, share a message of hope and, above all, who have the charisma and sensitivity that Aline has. In her own words: “I like to make music that people can relate to and has a positive message”. Aline is the true meaning of a Superhero!

The top-overall seed Texas softball and head coach Mike White have taken care of business without much trouble in the first two games of the Austin Regional this weekend. Texas defeated Siena 5-0 behind a perfect game from Mac Morgan on May 17.

Texas continued its winning ways in its second game of the Austin Regional on May 18, taking down the Northwestern Wildcats in five innings. The Longhorns run-ruled their first opponent of the postseason, dismantling the Wildcats by a score of 14-2 this afternoon at Red & Charline McCombs Field.

Texas never trailed in this game, jumping out to an early 4-0 lead behind home runs from Alyssa Washington and Kayden Henry in the bottom of the second inning. Washington notched two of her three runs batted in on the afternoon on the two-run shot to left to get the Texas bats going in the second.

After Northwestern cut Texas’s lead in half in the top of the third inning, on a two-run homer against Citaly Gutierrez, the Longhorns responded in the bottom half. Reese Atwood got Texas’s lead back to three runs with a sac-fly in the bottom of the third.

The bottom of the fourth is when the Longhorns really piled on Northwestern offensively. An offensive outburst led by Mia Scott and Washington in the bottom of the fourth inning saw the Longhorns score a whopping nine runs on over a half dozen hits in that half inning.

Scott hit a three-run home run to right field, driving in three runs. The three-run shot from Scott in the bottom of the fourth got Texas to double-digit runs on the day. It also got the Longhorns in the run-rule territory against the Wildcats.

After Texas’s pitching shut down the Northwestern bats in the top of the fifth inning, the Longhorns achieved their first run-rule win of the postseason by a convincing margin of a dozen runs today.

Scott, Washington, and the Longhorns now await the winner of the loser’s bracket game in the final of the Austin Regional on May 19. Northwestern faces the winner of Siena vs. Saint Francis (PA) to decide the Austin Regional on May 19 at 12 p.m. CT.

You can view the live updating bracket for the Austin Regional in the college softball postseason on NCAA.com here.