Is the US womens softball team doing well at the Olympics?”
As USA Softball Women’s National Team rookie Jenae Leles (Sacramento, Calif.) approached her teammates at home plate after hitting a three-run home run at the KFC World Cup of Softball presented by Six Flags, she got that feeling that young athletes dream about. But the handmade signs sprinkled across the at capacity stands of the Amateur Softball Association of America’s (ASA) Hall of Fame Stadium as she crossed the plate reminded Leles that the dream is different than it used to be. For every one poster supporting Team USA, there were five reminding the softball world of one date: 2016, the next time the sport could reenter the Olympic program after being eliminated from the 2012 program years ago. “It’s hard to not think about the Olympics when you’re playing at this level. It is devastating because that is what I dreamed about growing up, playing in the Olympics,” Leles said. “I know that it was a lot of young girls’ dream to play softball further than college and into the Olympics
OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla. — As USA Softball Women’s National Team rookie Jenae Leles (Sacramento, Calif.) approached her teammates at home plate after hitting a three-run home run at the KFC World Cup of Softball presented by Six Flags, she got that feeling that young athletes dream about. But the handmade signs sprinkled across the at capacity stands of the Amateur Softball Association of America’s (ASA) Hall of Fame Stadium as she crossed the plate reminded Leles that the dream is different than it used to be. For every one poster supporting Team USA, there were five reminding the softball world of one date: 2016, the next time the sport could reenter the Olympic program after being eliminated from the 2012 program years ago. “It’s hard to not think about the Olympics when you’re playing at this level. It is devastating because that is what I dreamed about growing up, playing in the Olympics,” Leles said. “I know that it was a lot of young girls’ dream to play softball further than colleg
