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Michigan Softball Academy raises $151K for cancer

People came together in Ann Arbor in the name of softball to raise money to fight breast cancer on Thursday. Video by Salwan Georges/DFP Videolicious

The Michigan Softball Academy's seventh edition was a success by any measure.

The money raised to combat breast cancer was higher than ever before, with more than $151,000 through the Thursday night's auction, with beautiful weather as the more than 300 participants rotated through stations to refine their skills, all capped by the Home Run Derby, where U-M football coach Jim Harbaugh and former star quarterback Rick Leach held their Home Run Derby.