Billie Camlin gave an informative speech about her life and interests. She grew up as a tomboy with her father and neighborhood boys, developing a love of sports and hunting. She is now married with three children and enjoys spending time with her family, coaching her daughter's softball team, and hunting wildlife. She has played softball since childhood and continues the sport today. Billie gets joy from being active outdoors through various sports and hunting activities.

1. Billie Camlin
Informative Speech
Ms. Graham
Good afternoon classmates, Ms. Graham, my name is Billie Camlin. Now I know, you
were probably expecting a Sara, or a Jane, or even maybe a Sally Sue, but not a Billie. I mean,
how many female Billie’s do you know? Well I think that my name says a lot about who I am
and what I enjoy doing most. Growing up as an only child, a tomboy at that, I learned a lot of
things being a daddy’s little girl and living in a neighborhood full of nothing but boys. With that
said, my hobbies are spending time with my wonderful husband and three amazing children,
playing softball as well as coaching my daughters team, and walking the canvas of nature to
hunt wild animals that walk, run, or fly.
From the time I was a little girl up until the days before I said my I do’s, I knew that I
wanted a big family. I met my husband Andy in 1996 and we later married in 1998. We have
three children, Cody, our oldest son of twelve years, Dru, our eight year old little girl in the
middle, and Emorey, our two year that brings up the rear. You know the saying that if I would
have had this child first he would be the only child? Emorey would be the only child had he
been born first. My husband and I spend as much time as possible with our children supporting
them in their extracurricular activities and also instilling in them the importance of family
traditions and solid family values.
Speaking of family traditions, athletes are born quite often in my family. I have loved a
ball of any kind from the days I was old enough to say ball, but my true passion is softball and
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2. my positions were catcher and third base. I have played softball all over South Carolina in many
state level tournaments for Andrews High School as well as local county leagues here in
Georgetown and in Andrews. I was also fortunate enough to be part of the South Carolina Dixie
Debs All Star team that played in the World Series in Muscle Shoals, Alabama in 1997. I
continue to play in some local benefit softball tournaments with some of the same girls that I
played with year ago. My daughter has also acquired the love for the game of softball. I have
coached her since she has been old enough to play. Just this past season, our team made it to
the championship game for the Region title, however we placed as the runners up.
From gunning down the runner steeling a base to pulling the trigger on my Remington
1100 12 gauge shot gun, I get a natural rush of adrenaline. Going from one sport to another I
just enjoy being outdoors. I killed my first deer when I was ten years old and yes it was a slick
headed doe. I enjoy turkey hunting the most; so much that I have a tattoo of turkey tracks on
my right ankle. Now that’s true love isn’t it? I love it all, especially the peaceful quiet time I get
to spend with nature while sitting in the tree stand with my bow. As my son Cody would say, “If
it’s brown it’s down and if it flies it dies.”
As a result of growing up in a neighborhood full of bad boys and close family, playing a
good old Sunday afternoon yard ball game, and learning the ropes of becoming a hard core
hunter, I think I am a pretty well rounded person. It doesn’t take much to make me happy, that
is why I enjoy spending time with my family, playing and coaching softball, and hunting.
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