HOLYOKE, Mass. (WWLP) - Holyoke Community College (HCC) has retired the jersey of former soccer standout Amanda Cummings, honoring the late athlete who was killed in a 2023 Springfield shooting.

Cummings, who died tragically in 2023 at the age of 31, became the first athlete in HCC history to have a jersey retired. Her #7 jersey was presented to her mother, Lynn Cummings, and sister, Katie Cummings, both of Agawam, while another framed jersey will hang permanently in the Bartley Center for Athletics and Recreation.

“In my 32 years as athletic director, this is probably the toughest thing I’ve had to do in my career–to retire the number of someone who is no longer with us,” said Athletic Director Tom Stewart. “Hopefully, this will bring some peace to her family and to her mother, Lynn, an

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