Ann Arbor – Early this softball season, things were not going quite as well as pesky Michigan third baseman Lindsay Montemarano had hoped.
The super-charged, fearless 5-foot-3 New Yorker, who has never met a sport she hasn’t wanted to try, endured increasing frustration knowing how strong she was as a player but was not getting the results. With constant encouragement from her parents and coach, Carol Hutchins, Montemarano knew she had to work her way through the difficulties.
And then, a late-running Montemarano – “Monte” to the Michigan softball faithful – discovered out of desperation yogurt for breakfast, thanks to a two-minute window before a friend picked her up for class.