My lil' sis is just growing up so fast! She really worked hard this summer to put herself in a position to be a leader in her last year of college softball at Louisiana College, and she is already seeing the fruits of her labor. They have been a top contender in their conference for years now, and they have also regularly been nationally ranked in the NCAA Division III.
A little background history for those of you who may not know: she was all set to go to LSU and be just a student there and then she played in one more summer softball tournament and pitched one of the games of her life! The LC coach saw her and recruited her and her teammate (now her roommate of 4 years!) to play at the very nice private college for a partial academic scholarship (Div. III schools don't have athletic scholarships). As a freshman she was an all-conference pitcher, but then got moved to right field for her last two seasons. However, she was able to bat every game, which is something she was very eager to do. I'm not sure how many conference championships they've won, but I have made all three conference tournaments she's had (but will miss this year's due to our play-offs!) and they've won at least one of those. This year, due to injuries, she has been asked to "un-retire" from pitching after two seasons and make a come back. And when she's not pitching, she's the starting center-fielder and 3-hole hitter for now. They've only played four games so far, but she's already gotten a win as a pitcher (they're 4-0 overall) and she just hit a 2-run homer last game. You could pretty much say that I'm a proud sister :) I'll try and keep you guys up-to-date on Jodi as well every now and then.
Check out these great montages that our cousin's husband did of her game. Bravissimo Michael!
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