IOWA CITY, Iowa -- University of Iowa shortstop Megan Blank signed a one-year professional contract and will continue her softball career in the National Pro Fastpitch (NPF) with the Chicago Bandits. The senior is the first Hawkeye to play professionally since 2010, and the eighth to extend her career into the professional ranks in program history.
Blank practiced with the Bandits on Thursday and Friday last week and was given the opportunity to sign as a free agent following the second practice. It is a dream come true for the Culver City, California, native, who wore her new team's uniform for the first time in an exhibition game last Sunday.