As the softball season begins this weekend for the White Rock Renegades in North Delta, six members of the club’s senior team have already earned scholarships to schools on both sides of the border.
Olivia Zwick, a pitcher from Earl Marriott Secondary, will head to Wagner College in New York City next year to continue her career, while outfielder Lauren Kamachi will also be in New York, playing for Stonybrook University in Long Island after graduating from Semiahmoo Secondary. Fellow outfielder Shayna Taffinder, from Delta Secondary, will play for Valley City State University in North Dakota.
Kelowna Secondary’s Peyton Fischer, who plays catcher for the Renegades, is headed to the University of Hartford. Carly Herbert and Kelly Rumley – a pair of infielders from Sullivan Secondary – will stay closer to home, joining the budding softball program at the University of B.C. next year.