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12 | July 13, 2017 | The tinley junction News<br />
tinleyjunction.com<br />
FROM THE NEW LENOX PATRIOT<br />
New Lenox native earns big<br />
role with FSU softball as<br />
freshman<br />
Dani Morgan made a<br />
splash right away as an athlete,<br />
when she entered Lincoln-Way<br />
West as a freshman<br />
in 2013.<br />
Unfortunately for the Warriors,<br />
Morgan’s father got a<br />
job transfer in 2015. So, she<br />
did not get to attend her senior<br />
year at the school.<br />
But that certainly did not<br />
slow her athletic endeavors.<br />
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Morgan recently completed<br />
her freshman softball season<br />
at Florida State University,<br />
where she stepped in right<br />
away, becoming a starter and<br />
key contributor on one of the<br />
best softball programs in the<br />
nation.<br />
Morgan, who is majoring<br />
in psychology, played in 62<br />
games, starting 58 of them in<br />
left field. She finished with a<br />
.318 batting average, while<br />
scoring 42 runs and knocking<br />
in 36. Morgan was 9-for-9 in<br />
stolen bases and had 20 extra<br />
base hits — including 11<br />
doubles and five home runs.<br />
“When I moved to Georgia,<br />
I had to start over to prove<br />
myself again,” Morgan said.<br />
“Then, I went to FSU and had<br />
to prove myself again. But my<br />
coaches at FSU are amazing.<br />
They make you want to play<br />
softball. I worked hard and<br />
did what I could do.”<br />
Reporting by Randy Whalen,<br />
Freelance Reporter. For more,<br />
visit NewLenoxPatriot.com.<br />
FROM THE HOMER HORIZON<br />
LTHS grad makes most of<br />
current job in Malibu<br />
As Sarah Otteman rounds<br />
the final turn of Malibu Canyon<br />
on her way to work, and<br />
the Pacific Ocean stretches<br />
warmly in front of her, she<br />
realizes she is a long way<br />
from home. And a smile<br />
creeps across her face.<br />
“There’s moments where<br />
I’m driving through the canyon,<br />
it’s 8:30 in the morning,”<br />
she said. “The sun<br />
is shining and glistening<br />
through the clouds in the<br />
mountains and the haze, and<br />
then you pull around that<br />
corner and it’s the ocean.<br />
It’s one of moments where<br />
it’s like, ‘I’m happy right<br />
now.’”<br />
The Lockport Township<br />
High School graduate is the<br />
assistant director of athletic<br />
communications at Pepperdine<br />
University, and she is<br />
soaking up the sights and<br />
experiences every step of<br />
the way.<br />
In her role with the Waves,<br />
she covers men’s and women’s<br />
beach volleyball, men’s<br />
and women’s tennis, and assists<br />
with men’s and women’s<br />
basketball, managing the<br />
university’s athletic website<br />
and social media platforms<br />
for all the aforementioned<br />
sports. She also updates all<br />
the athletes’ and coaches’ biographies,<br />
and takes stats and<br />
photos at games.<br />
Reporting by Erin Redmond,<br />
Assistant Editor. For more, visit<br />
HomerHorizon.com.<br />
FROM THE ORLAND PARK PRAIRIE<br />
Liberty Family Run/<br />
Walk gets Fourth of July<br />
celebration started for Orland<br />
Ave Giblin does not usually<br />
finish ahead of her twin<br />
brother when it comes to running<br />
races.<br />
The 11-year-old not only<br />
beat him out at the Liberty<br />
Family Run/Walk but also<br />
crossed the finish line before<br />
every other female runner in<br />
the field.<br />
“I’m happy to win against<br />
everyone,” Ave said. “And I<br />
felt accomplished, because he<br />
usually wins. He usually does<br />
a lot better than me. I felt really<br />
good after winning.”<br />
Ave was one of 172 runners<br />
who competed in Orland<br />
Park’s annual Liberty Family<br />
Run/Walk June 30 at Centennial<br />
Park.<br />
The 2-mile run is the start<br />
of Orland Park’s celebration<br />
for the Fourth of July weekend.<br />
The Village of Orland<br />
Park also hosted a movie<br />
night at the Centennial Park<br />
Aquatic Center, a free outdoor<br />
concert, and live music<br />
and fireworks during the<br />
celebration, which ran from<br />
June 30 through July 4.<br />
Reporting by Frank Gogola,<br />
Freelance Reporter. For more,<br />
visit OPPrairie.com.<br />
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