It’s easy to have a dream. But it’s the intense drive, strength of character and desire to make a difference that separates the dreamers from the doers.
The goal for this project was to show how players on the St. Louis Surge made their dreams a reality. And by doing so, encouraging the next generation of dreamers that if they can dream it, they can do it.
In this spot, we hear a Surge player as a young girl describe her personal and professional aspirations while showing footage of the player accomplishing these dreams in real time.
Open on old home footage of player as a young girl playing basketball in her driveway.
REBECCA:
Someday I want to be a professional athlete.
Player as an adult having the game of her life with the St. Louis Surge as the crowd cheers her on.
ANNOUNCER:
Starting point guard Rebecca Harris is having a fantastic game with 23 points and 5 assists in the first quarter!
Home footage of player growing up: field trips, doing homework, class pictures, graduation
REBECCA:
And I want to work with technology.
Player in professional attire working at her full-time job in IT.
REBECCA:
The kind that really helps people.
Home footage of player’s old team photos.
REBECCA:
And I want to be part of a team.
Player as adult helping an opponent to their feet and hive fiving a teammate after a great play.
REBECCA:
And be someone my teammates look up to.
Player with her St. Louis Surge teammates engaging in the community and acting as a mentor to girls at a local elementary school.
REBECCA:
And I want to be someone’s role model.
And I want to show people that I can’t be defined by just a scoreboard.
Player back in the game. She sinks a three-pointer. The same young girls we saw the player mentoring cheer her on from the stands.
REBECCA:
Someday, I want to play for a team that believes its players are meant for even bigger things than their skill on the court.
My someday is today.
