Alyssa Palomino-Cardoza has had to overcome setback after setback in her Arizona softball career, recovering from two ACL tears—one in each knee—to become an All-American center fielder.
Her arduous journey hit another snag in March, this one the most improbable of them all, when the coronavirus pandemic canceled the 2020 season before it even reached its midpoint.
Hitting .373 with seven homers in 25 games, Palomino-Cardoza was playing the best softball of her career but suddenly was faced with a grim reality: That her days at Arizona were over.
“It was all a big question mark,” she said.