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USF softball coach Ken Eriksen (second from left) guided the U.S. National Team to a gold medal at last week's WBSC Women's Softball World Championship in Surrey, Canada.
If all goes as Ken Eriksen hopes, USF's veteran softball coach ultimately could be competing for a gold medal even more priceless than the one he picked up last week in Canada.
Eriksen, who watched his U.S. National Team roll past Japan in Sunday's title game of the WBSC Women's Softball World Championship, seems optimistic his sport will be reinstated to the Olympic schedule in time for the 2020 Games in Tokyo.