Hailey Mackay tried not to get her hopes up. She’d already lost one season and didn’t want the feeling of losing another.
Texas State’s 2020 season came to an abrupt end on March 16 when the Sun Belt Conference decided to suspend all spring sports due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The Bobcats were just starting to hit their stride, winning its league-opening series at Georgia State and narrowly losing to Texas A&M on March 11 in the final four games of the year.
Mackay, one of four seniors on the maroon and gold roster, took the end of the season harshly. There were rumblings that the NCAA might extend all athletes an extra year of eligibility, but it wasn’t a guarantee. She kept her mind off of it. There was a good chance she had played her last softball game.
