Heather Gelbard
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Assistant coach @PurdueSoftball . NC State softball alum 🐺 Empowering young softball players to become strong, confident women. Trust the process ❤️
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From my pack to yours: Happy Howlidays ☃️🎄🎅🏼
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The softball players who will have the best 2020 seasons are the ones who don’t allow their results to dictate how they feel about themselves. Don’t ride the results rollercoaster 🎢. Be the same whether you’re 0/3 or 3/3. If you’ve put in the work, trust the process.
#Softball
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This has to make every
#USASBIntCup
highlight reel ever:
@monicaabbott
reaction to getting an AB 😂
#PitchersWhoHit
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This is the 2022 NCAA D1 🥎 Recruiting Calendar. If you’re a coach, recruit, or parent of a recruit, you’ll want to read this because you should understand what this calendar means to you. A thread…
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Softball players: please run out ground/fly balls hard, even if you know you’re going to be out.
Coaches: stop giving your players high fives & ‘good jobs’ when they’re not playing hard. It’s not a ‘good job’ when they hit a fly ball almost over the CF head & barely jog it out.
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Dear recruits:
If your dream school called you today: doesn’t matter, get better.
If your dream school didn’t call you today: doesn’t matter, get better.
Sept. 1 is truly the beginning of a long journey & it doesn’t end once you get calls, commit, sign, etc.
Keep working 💪🏼
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Dear all recruits, in all sports, everywhere: right now, every college coach in the country has more time on their hands than ever. If you have a skills video, NOW is a good time to send it. We have plenty of time to watch, so hit us up with those links!
#Recruiting
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Make practice harder than the game! Setup the machine to bounce prior to plate today, the hitters had to hit it off the bounce, similar to a tennis ball bounce drill but wayyyyy harder.
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September 1st right around the corner, the day a lot of athletes and coaches have been waiting for. One thing I know for sure: regardless of who calls or doesn’t call on 9/1, if you’re a 2022 it’ll be almost 2 years until you’re actually on a college roster...keep working hard 💪🏼
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I am shocked😱 by the number of freshmen on the transfer portal. It’s November, these kids are only 2-3 months into their college experience. Some of my life experiences that were the most difficult at first turned out to be the best & now I look back and wouldn’t change a thing.
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My quick advice for softball recruits on what to include in skills videos 🎥 (and yes, most college coaches really do watch skills videos! 📺):
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With every extension of the NCAA dead period, a skills video becomes more and more important...
My quick advice for softball recruits on what to include in skills videos 🎥 (and yes, most college coaches really do watch skills videos! 📺):
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Recruits, want to get noticed by college coaches? Use your between innings reps to your advantage, make them gamelike. You might not field a single ball during the game but you’ll give college coaches something to evaluate. 🥎
#Softball
#Recruiting
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SO excited to get started on this new adventure 💪🏼
Our other new assistant coach for hitting, appropriately enough, was the all-time hits leader at NC State! Her coaching stops include FIU, FAU and most recently South Carolina. Please welcome to Eagle Nation, Heather Gelbard!
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Boilers on the road! Drop your schedules ⤵️
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Coaches, if you tell me a kid throws 65 and then I have her at 57-58 on my gun, I’m going to doubt everything you say. Same for if you tell me a kid runs a 2.5 home to 1st (still never seen that in 15 years of college coaching/recruiting), and I clock her at 3.0…🤷🏻♀️
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So thankful to
@scsbcoach_bev
for this amazing opportunity. Excited to begin a new adventure with
@GamecockSoftbll
#OurSTATEment
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Practices under the lights just have a different energy‼️
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Happy September 1st! You know it’s going to be a good day when the person in line in front of you at Dunkin pays for your coffee! Thank you for the random act of kindness, Statesboro stranger! ❤️
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Congrats to all who are signing NLIs this week. Celebrate what got you here but here’s the thing: at some point the celebration needs to end & the work has to begin (if it hasn’t already...). Signing gets you on the roster, your work will give you a chance to get on the field.
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We’ve worked A LOT on movement this year…hitting drills can’t fix a movement problem. Although this was NOT in my drill library, one player thought a good hip drill would be hula hoop, so today we had a hula hoop competition. No idea if it helped our hips but a lot of laughs!
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Reminder to recruits that D1 coaches cannot talk to you at any of the tourneys you’re in this fall. A longer explanation of why ⤵️⤵️⤵️
This is the 2022 NCAA D1 🥎 Recruiting Calendar. If you’re a coach, recruit, or parent of a recruit, you’ll want to read this because you should understand what this calendar means to you. A thread…
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I think coaches, particularly at the younger ages, do a real disservice to their players when they tell them things like ‘don’t think’ in the batter’s box. Instead, teach them what to think about. Good batter’s think, we just call it having an approach. Approach over mechanics.
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So excited to join this great staff! Boiler up 🚂
Welcome to West Lafayette! 🚂
Assistant Coach
@heather_gelbard
Assistant Coach
@jordynrudd63
Director of Ops
@CaseyBonk
📰
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Leaving Georgia with my cup full! Saw A LOT of great softball players but even more great PEOPLE! So thankful for amazing colleagues in this crazy coaching profession for some great conversations and camaraderie as we watched the next generation of ballplayers tear it up!
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After working several camps & clinics this fall, almost all younger players/teams should invest more time working on:
✅ cuts and relays
✅ communication
✅ anything that involves players thinking/making decisions on their own/softball IQ
#Softball
#GrowTheGame
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“How lucky I am to have something that makes saying goodbye so hard.” - Winnie the Pooh
Thank you
@GamecockSoftbll
for an unforgettable two years. The memories and relationships will last forever!
#ForeverToThee
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Thank you so much to everybody who has reached out today. Seriously, it’s been the most amazing birthday yet because I got to get back on the field with
@GamecockSoftbll
🥎 Never could have imagined how much I missed being on a softball field with these ladies.
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Worked a camp yesterday & asked the players lots of why’s: why they do things this way, why they do this drill...most common answer was because my coach told me to. Love the coachability of these kids but they need to know the WHY. Will help w/ buy-in & develop their softball IQ.
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Grounds team killing it again, warning track looking 🔥🔥🔥
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What a week! Just got home from Georgia’s HS State Championship. So much fun to watch 7 inning games with something that matters on the line…players were competing SO hard, you saw the joy of winning and agony of defeat 🥎 truly a blast to watch, this is what it’s all about!
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Today, we get to play softball 🥎 (assuming the weather holds 🤞🏼)
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What I thought was happening: using the iPad to video ABs during live hitting. What was actually happening: ⤵️⤵️⤵️ 🤣🤣🤣
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Excited to join a coaching staff of great coaches (and even better people) and work with a tremendous group of student-athletes! And I get to do it in my hometown...beyond blessed!
#PawsUp
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Another amazing weekend of recruiting in ☀️ Florida. Shout out to all of the travel ball coaches who work so hard for their players! I saw so much COACHING going on this weekend, I know your players will benefit from the instruction and feedback! Thanks for all you do coaches!
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I am REALLY a fan of tournaments where you have to bat a straight 9.
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I’m beginning to believe that some of these kids genuinely don’t realize it’s a bad look & most college coaches won’t tolerate that.
I equate some of this to mental toughness: can you still play hard when you don’t get the outcome you want? We must be resilient & keep punching
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It is officially game week! Had my first softball nightmare this weekend: Dreamt I was late for bat testing...Which would be embarrassing because I’m in charge of our bat testing. I have weird dreams like this about softball all season. Can other softball coaches relate?!?! 🥎
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💉 Got my vaccine today! Excited but considering that I coach 1st base and hold all my baserunners Evo shields, I’m probably already immune to diseases that haven’t even been discovered yet! 🦠💪🏼
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Closing out another 🔥 hot 🔥 weekend of recruiting in Chattanooga with a great view from my hotel window 🌅
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When it’s September 21st and the 1st song that plays during throwing warmups is “September” and an impromptu dance party breaks out 🎵🎵 Do you remember…The 21st night of September? 🎶 love these girls so much ♥️
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Huge news!!!
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Quick appreciation post for our grounds team, because not everybody’s grass is this green in January!
#HailSouthern
#GATA
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If you’re hosting an exposure tournament, consider finding a way to reserve some parking for college coaches…especially if the event is at multiple parks. I feel like I’ve won the lottery when I find a parking spot at some of these fields! 🎰
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Hey recruits: we are entering a 🚫RECRUITING SHUTDOWN🚫 11/22-11/26. That means that college coaches cannot have any contact with recruits or even communicate with you until 11/27…no calls, texts, emails, etc. Enjoy your Thanksgiving with your people! Catch you on the flip side!
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This weekend, I stepped on a softball field for the first time in 5️⃣ months. The time away has made me look at a lot of things differently, but my love of the game is still burning more than ever 🔥🔥🔥
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Thanks
@FIUSoftball
for the memories! Heck of a year, time really does fly! It might’ve only lasted one year, but the memories and friendships will last a lifetime. Goodluck
@ChrisSteiner20
excited for what’s to come!
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Beautiful Eagle Field is ready for day 2 of the Bash in Boro! Thanks to our dedicated grounds crew for making our field look pristine 🥎
@GSAthletics_SB
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Humbled and blessed to be recognized as one of the Top 10 Assistant Coaching Hires in Division 1 softball this summer 😉 but seriously, I’m in some great company and this is really cool! Thanks
@justfactsmaam
@ExtraInningSB
Another week, another Top 10 list.
This week,
@justfactsmaam
counts down the Top 10 Assistant Coaching Hires in Division 1 softball this summer!
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If you’re tired of seeing me tweet/retweet about this amazing
@GamecockSoftbll
signing class you may want to just unfollow me 🤣 it’s been an exciting day and it’s not done yet!!!
#NationalSigningDay
#SpursUp
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Apparently my iPad got hijacked again during live ABs yesterday 🤣 Half the fun of watching video the next day is what these goofballs have left for me!
#HailSouthern
#GATA
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I just experienced my first ever Sun delay. Umpire just stopped the game because the sun is setting directly behind centerfield and he and the catcher can’t see 😎 gotta love high school ball!
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As signing day comes to a close, 7️⃣ amazing young women are one step closer to their dream of playing college softball for
@GSAthletics_SB
🥎🦅 it’s a GREAT day to be an Eagle! Eagle Nation there is something special going on here in the Boro!
#HailSouthern
#GATA
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Coffee thoughts: I think it’s borderline disrespectful to applaud an athlete’s ‘talent’ without recognizing the tens of thousands of hours they spent working to develop that talent. I’ve never heard of a great in any field who just landed at the top without working to get there.
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Statesboro! I’m blown away by the support for
@GSAthletics_SB
today! Don’t think I’ve ever seen so many people in the stands for a fall game. If this is what fall ball is like, I cannot wait for Spring 🥎
#HailSouthern
#GATA
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Great first day! The first step on a long road...
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#IYKYK
…the missing AirPod has been found and 🐶 Kenny wants everybody to know he has been falsely accused of eating it. It actually fell between the bed and the nightstand.
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Catchers: between innings fire the ball to 2B so coaches can get an accurate pop time.
Infielders: move your feet and zip the ball around the IF on those balls the 1B rolls. Do everything at gamespeed.
Outfielders: spread out some and THROW the ball.
Just a couple ideas!
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Not sure which storm is more powerful,
#Dorian2019
or that September 1st is almost upon us. Good luck to all hopeful recruits out there, may all your dreams come true. Remember Sept. 1st is only the beginning, take the time to find the right fit!
#Recruiting
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Guess what!?!?
@CoachPerkinsSB
is going to keep dancing today 💪🏼 Another big commitment 🦅 what a great time to be an Eagle
#GATA
#HailSouthern
Live look at
@CoachPerkinsSB
celebrating a big commitment from the ‘23 class 🦅
#GATA
#HailSouthern
⤵️⤵️⤵️
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Want to know what class looks like? Not sure people saw this but as they were cutting away to Sportscenter, you can see
@UACoachMurphy
give
@TexasCoachWhite
a ball. Could be for Elish, could be for White’s 1st Supers win at Texas, who knows! Either way, classy move by Murph! ❤️🥎
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A live look at
@CoachPerkinsSB
after we got not 1 but 2️⃣ huge commits today!
#GATA
#HailSouthern
⤵️⤵️⤵️
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Uh oh,
@CoachPerkinsSB
is doing her happy dance again, you know what that means!
@GSAthletics_SB
picked up another commitment today, future is bright 😎🦅
#HailSouthern
#GATA
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“I never feared about my skills because I put in the work. Work ethic eliminates fear. So if you put forth the work, what are you fearing? You know what you’re capable of doing, and what you’re not.” - Michael Jordan
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Taking a minute today to appreciate that it’s winter in Indiana and we have the 🌱 greenest 🌱 grass! I took these pictures today. No filter. Facilities and grounds teams are unbelievably good at what they do, they have Bittinger looking so good!
#BoilerUp
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Great start for
@FIUSoftball
this weekend. Lots of potential to build on. Unbelievably proud of these kids for persevering despite difficult circumstances 🐾
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All these accolades and none of them show how fun Perk is! Y’all don’t even know, she is the funniest!!! #️⃣1️⃣ Funniest
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to these rules, but there are SO many rules about who we can communicate with and when, that it can be hard to share. So, if you have any questions, I am happy to talk more with any travel or high school coaches. DM or email anytime at hgelbard
@georgiasouthern
.edu
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Listen young coaches, if you don’t create struggle in practice/ strain or challenge your athletes, they will never get better. Period
Listen young boy, if you don’t struggle in practice/ strain or challenge yourself you will never get better. Period
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.
@CoachPerkinsSB
#BucketDrill
series is absolutely the best drill to improve first steps and range! So much fun to watch Perk and our innies work!
Fielding with the 🦅 Eagles: If you’ve never seen
@CoachPerkinsSB
work
#BucketDrill
with the infielders, you are definitely missing out! 🥎
#GATA
#HailSouthern
#Softball
#Drills
#SoftballDrills
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Opening day for college softball today 🥎 I truly believe we will see some of the best college softball EVER this year with so many 5th and 6th year seniors returning for their COVID years 💪🏼
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"You have enemies? Good. That means you've stood up for something, sometime in your life." - Winston Churchill
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I am so thankful for all the calls/texts/tweets/emails I have gotten since this was announced. I have met some truly amazing people through this game and I’m very grateful for y’all. I’m working to give back to all of you and this game as much as I can ⚾️
#PawsUp
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Gettin fired up just watching this clip!
#SpursUp
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Hitters have been having a lot of fun in the cages this week 💪🏼 Working on our decel with
@tidaltank
#TidalTank
#GATA
#HailSouthern
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Feeling very thankful this weekend 4 all the game of softball has given me. I spent 7 amazing years w/
@fauowlssoftball
& got to compete against them this weekend. Part of my heart will always be w/the Owls but proud to be on this journey with my Panthers
#PawsUp
#TrustTheProcess
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I wish everybody could have seen and felt the reaction from her teammates 🔥🔥🔥 The bullpen emptied. The dugout was screaming. What a moment!
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What a week it’s been! Thank you to everybody who has reached out. South Carolina is a special place and I’m so proud to be a gamecock!
#OurSTATEment
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Everybody in the country is going to know who
#UMBC
is as of tomorrow morning. That’s the power of a strong athletics program. What a moment for a bunch of guys who have worked like DAWGS for this.
#KeepDancing
#MarchMadness
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Working on our summer recruiting schedule…where do we need to go?
Drop your summer schedules here if you want to see
@GSAthletics_SB
@CoachPerkinsSB
@MaryBethDen
at your games ⤵️⤵️⤵️
(D1 schools are allowed back out recruiting after the
#WCWS
ends on June 10th!)
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Softball coaches: February 6th, you do not want to miss this 🥎
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I can confirm that being a Gamecock is as much fun as it looks 🤙🏼
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Can’t help but wonder how many of these kids might say the same thing if they stuck with it a little longer. Great things usually don’t come easy.
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This guy is a hero! 🦇 Look at the athleticism and body control, I would definitely recruit
@SpursCoyote
🦇
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This is the 9/11 image I will always remember. An image of hope in a dark time 🇺🇸
#911Anniversary
#NeverForget
#September11
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Great weekend of recruiting in Atlanta!
@LegacyShowcase
thanks for the hospitality! So good to be back on the road seeing friends and lots of talented athletes. The future of 🥎 is very bright.
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#️⃣3️⃣0️⃣0️⃣ Congrats to an amazing coach and person! Lucky to share a dugout with you
@CoachPerkinsSB
now let’s get 300 more!
THAT'S A MILESTONE! Congratulations Head Coach Sharon Perkins
@CoachPerkinsSB
on collecting your 300th career collegiate head coaching victory with today's 17-5 win at Mercer!
#HailSouthern
@NCAASoftball
@NFCAorg
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📚 Getting it done on the field and in the classroom! Proud of these young ladies and the work they’re putting in 💪🏼
That's a wrap on the fall semester! 📚
The team's GPA is trending up, with 85% of the team earning a 3.0 or better.
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