Karissa Hovinga's dream is still alive. The new Athletes Unlimited softball league might help her realize it.
Hovinga is in Illinois with three other alumnae of the Oregon softball team as they ramp up preparations for opening day of the inaugural Athletes Unlimited season Saturday. Hovinga is joined by her former UO teammates Janie Takeda Reed and Gwen Svekis, as well as 2018 senior DJ Sanders.
A native of Nebraska who has dual citizenship because her mother was born in Edmonton, Hovinga is in the player pool for Canada's national team roster for the 2021 Summer Olympics in Tokyo.