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Grand Slam
UA softball player Alyssa Palomino roars back from injury
to be named a 2018 NFCA All-American.
by Margaret Regan Chris Richards photos
s twilight fell over the University of Arizona’s Hillenbrand Memorial
Stadium on a May evening, Alyssa Palomino, who plays first base
Afor the ’Cats, lay down on the grass at the edge of the field.
Stretching out her long frame, all 5 feet 10 inches of it, Palomino reveled in the cool evening
air. The afternoon had been brutally hot — 99 degrees — and the ’Cats had just pulled off a
victory against Grand Canyon University, 1-0. But the matchup was a doubleheader, and there
was another game ahead.
During the break, out on the grass, the team trainer started working Palomino’s legs, gently
pulling them straight up and then sideways. A sore knee had taken her out of play for two days
the previous week.
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