FAIRFAX, Va. - With the 2013 George Mason softball season quickly approaching, GoMason.com took some time to interview the recent freshmen. GoMason.com will feature two freshmen each week leading up to the season opener. The first edition of Rookie Profiles features Breanna Boyd and Julia Czarnecki. Boyd is a native of Virginia Beach, Va. and was the MVP of the Kempsville High School softball team her senior year. Czarnecki is a native of Clayton, Calif. where she attended Carondelet High School. While at Carondelet, Czarnecki participated in basketball, track and field, cross country and softball.

GoMason.com: What is your favorite part about George Mason University, so far?

Czarnecki: The diversity and the school spirit- Patriot Nation everywhere. There's always a big crowd at basketball games and even soccer games.

Boyd: How pretty the campus looks in the fall with all the different colored leaves.

GoMason.com: Why did you choose George Mason University?

Czarnecki: I wanted a different environment and I wanted a place where the weather and people were different than those of the west coast. Plus, there are a lot of opportunities in this area.

Boyd: The campus and the kinesiology program were exactly what I was looking for and it is close enough to home but also far enough.

GoMason.com: How did you get into softball?

Czarnecki: I began playing at five years old, it was the very first sport I got involved with. My brother and I started playing in a league where the coaches pitched to you and it just became a part of my life like second nature.

Boyd: My dad had me hitting off a tee when I was four.

GoMason.com: What are your goals this season?

Czarnecki: Personally, I would like to improve my offensive game at the plate to create havoc and I want to help my team make it to the CAA Championship.

Boyd: To get stronger and smarter about the game.

GoMason.com: If you could go back in time throughout history, what would you change and why?

Boyd: I would have never created a two party system so we wouldn't have all this political stalemate and drama.

GoMason.com: If you could meet any celebrity dead or alive, who would it be and why?

Boyd: Trevor Hall, because he started out with a small following that has grown; his music changed my attitude towards life.

Czarnecki: Babe Zaharlas, she was an American athlete in the early 1900's who succeeded in every sport she participated in and showed men as well as women that women are capable of being just as athletic as men.

Boyd and Czarnecki's Favorites:

Colors: Blue (Czarnecki) Green (Boyd)

Professional Sports Teams: Pittsburgh Steelers (Czarnecki) St, Louis Cardinals and Chicago Bears (Boyd)

Movies: Cool Runnings (Czarnecki) A Walk to Remember (Boyd)