John Kersten | USF Athletics
Her personalized ESPY moment arrived in triplicate, on a crisp March afternoon.
In the span of a doubleheader sweep of Tulsa, USF senior Karla Claudio sent three Golden Hurricane pitches beyond the left centerfield fence. The first, with one out in the bottom of the seventh of Game One, was a game-tying grand slam. The second, a three-run shot, pulled USF to within a run in the fifth inning of Game Two.
The last, with two out and the score tied in the bottom of the seventh, ended the day. Claudio pumped her fists as she trotted toward home plate, smack into a sea of teammates.