ALBANY, Georgia — Albany State softball coach Robert Skinner stood next to the Lady Rams’ field before a preseason practice two weeks ago and paused for nearly a minute as he tried to think of his freshman shortstop’s name.
“What’s my shortstop’s name? There’s just too many names,” laughed Skinner, a three-sport coach who is in the middle of basketball season and wrapped up volleyball season just two months ago, making him the coach of about 50 athletes. “I never even got half of my volleyball names right.”
Eventually — with the help of an upperclassman — Skinner remembered Kayla Alexander’s name. And it’s a name that might be hard to forget by the end of ASU’s 2014 season.
In fact, Skinner has an entire group of freshmen who could make names for themselves this season, which begins Friday on the road with a doubleheader against Georgia College & State.
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