When Emma Anderson took her first swing playing tee ball in Eaton when she was about 6 years old, it wasn’t exactly love at first at-bat. At that age, her true love was basketball.

But a few years later, a 10-year-old Anderson found her love for softball.

“Eventually, I was like ‘Oh my gosh, this is so cool,’ ” Anderson said. “The sport, the people, everything is so amazing. Then I fell back in love with it.”

At the beginning of September, Anderson’s love for softball had her on her second softball recruiting visit to the University of Arizona in Tucson. Her love for the campus and the city known as “The Old Pueblo” came at the speed of a rise ball pitch from Jennie Finch — one of the all-time great University of Arizona athletes and one of the greatest softball players.

Anderson loved

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