Jo Streit still has hers, as do some of her teammates. They also have memories that are fresh 50 years later, and a sense of pride for being in “the pioneer days of it.”
The team was honored Saturday during a Redbird doubleheader against Missouri State, its 50-year reunion weekend reconnecting some players for the first time since that memorable season.
Indeed, not only for the WCWS, which became an NCAA event in 1982, but for Redbird softball, which under Fischer has established itself as a perennial Missouri Valley Conference title contender.