Maddie Moore meets with coach Scott Hall before going to the plate. Moore is in her first season as a Butler softball player. Photo courtesy of Maddie Moore.
Maddie Moore didn’t know exactly what college was. Most fourth-graders don’t. But she knew college softball when she saw it. Sitting next to her dad in the bleachers, she could see the players and the contrasting blue and white of the Butler uniforms. She could hear the crack of the bat and the cheers from the dugout.
“It was the chemistry and the atmosphere,” Moore said.