{"id":89677,"date":"2019-06-05T09:38:40","date_gmt":"2019-06-05T14:38:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/news.olemiss.edu\/?p=89677"},"modified":"2019-06-05T09:38:40","modified_gmt":"2019-06-05T14:38:40","slug":"ole-miss-softball-star-hits-home-runs-field-classroom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/web20.olemiss.edu\/news\/wordpress\/ole-miss-softball-star-hits-home-runs-field-classroom\/","title":{"rendered":"Ole Miss Softball Star Hits Home Runs on the Field, in the Classroom"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>University of Mississippi softball player Kylan Becker, along with her teammates, just returned home from the NCAA Super Regionals in Tucson, Arizona, concluding the Rebels&#8217; 2019 season with the second-most wins in program history, and is off to play for the Houston Scrap Yard Dawgs for the remainder of the summer.<\/p>\n<p>With only a single error in her entire collegiate softball career, Becker became Ole Miss&#8217; single-season record holder in runs scored during Game 7 of the Oxford Regional, where she earned her place on the National Fastpitch Coaches Association All-South Region Teams, earning her second career nod and first selection to the First Team.<\/p>\n<p>During her junior year, she became the first player in Ole Miss history to be selected to the U.S. National Team, competing for Team USA at the Japan All-Star Series in Tokyo.<\/p>\n<p>Professional softball players can play well into their 30s, but as a summer sport, the game affords players the opportunity to build a career off the field. 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