Minooka senior Lyndsay Doyle has built a softball resume that speaks for itself.
She was voted the best offensive player in each of her first two seasons playing on the varsity for the Indians as well as being named to the Southwest Prairie all-conference team both years.
Despite these accomplishments, this is just the beginning.
They are moving on to play Division I volleyball, anxious to see what the rest of their young lives will bring.
But they will forever cherish their high school years, as will their coach, Christine Scheibe, and anyone associated with the Joliet Catholic Academy volleyball program.
Spring was in the air Monday afternoon in the Joliet West High School cafeteria.
The celebratory cupcakes -- in the form baseballs and softballs -- were a dead giveaway.
When Courtney Pope swam on the Lockport varsity team as a freshman, she was one of two state qualifiers for the Porters.
Three years later, Pope not only qualified for state again, she helped lead six other Lockport qualifiers for this weekend's state meet at New Trier.