Zoë Conley is the first black pitcher for Cal’s softball team. (Photo by Stephen Woo)
Click to share on Google+ (Opens in new window) Click to share on Reddit (Opens in new window) Click to print (Opens in new window) - "I started playing t-ball when I was 6, but I got really serious about softball when I was 13. Ever since then, I've been playing nonstop. By the middle of my junior year of high school, I hadn't been recruited by a university yet. I kept getting told by college coaches, 'Oh, you won't get into a big school, you don't have talent, you're too short.' It was disheartening. I wanted to quit, but my dad convinced me to stick with it. He always taught me that working hard is always the answer, that giving up isn't really an option. Now, I'm a D1 pitcher at Cal.
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