SAN MARCOS, TX — Last weeknd, Caitlyn Rogers did exactly as Canadian singer-songwriter Abel Makkonen Tesfaye told listeners to do in 2020.
At the 1-minute, 19-second mark of a 3-minute, 35-second song that went on to be the best-performing global single of 2021, Abel, aka the Weeknd, belted out — for the first time — a two-line set of lyrics that became a message for Rogers and the five additional Texas State softball senior student-athletes: Cat Crenek, Kylie George, Dani Elder, Brooke Blackwell, and Samara Lagway.