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Softball. Turtle Power: Kelsey Bogaards inspiration for Auburn softball

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By Charles Goldberg
AuburnTigers.com

AUBURN, Ala. — How, someone wanted to know, did she get that nickname. Why is Kelsey Bogaards called "Turtle"?

How? Why? We want to know, and now.

"I knew that was coming..." she smiled.

Bogaards, the injured Auburn softball player who has become an inspiration to her NCAA-bound teammates, battled back from a knee injury in the fall only to suffer another after getting in the final two games of the regular season. Two surgeries have ended her Auburn career, but her teammates haven't forgotten her.