Senior softball player Vanessa Vodan found out from a social media post by the NCAA that her senior season was over. Her heart stopped and she prayed it wasn’t true.
Vodan was in her room in an off-campus apartment packing up her stuff to head home. The team was originally scheduled to leave that day to travel to Oklahoma for the University of Oklahoma Tournament.
“It was like, what’s going on?” she said. “Are you serious?”
The NCAA announced the cancellation of all spring and winter sports seasons on March 12.
Vodan, who was a catcher and utility player for the Flashes softball team and threw javelin for women’s track and field, reached out to her teammates, friends, family and boyfriend about the news.