Out on any high school softball field there is a group of talented ladies who represent their school, but for Aquinas this team is more than the base requirements. 

The team features power hitters, fast runners and a pitcher in Kellie White, who has been athlete-of-the-week. They are led by a dedicated and vocal senior line-up that features two future college athletes in centerfielder Janessa Swinney and Ashley Dobbie at second base. That team is the kind that goes undefeated to win EKL in an 18-2 season, so far.

You can tell this team's excitement in every cheer and in every celebratory Facebook status.  I went to a game recently and the energy was incredible.  The crowd was filled with parents, and unfortunately no student section.  These girls are underappreciated, period.

The seniors, like myself, ended classes last week, but these girls kept practicing and winning.  They even had practice at 3:00 before a 7:00 graduation where we appeared at 6.  I wish them the best of luck in postseason and I hope to see them in some of their last games.

Dobbie will continue at Benedictine next year as Swinney goes to UMKC.