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‘Ball Don’t Know Size’: McManus Took No Shortcuts to Division I

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The youth travel team arrived at the Southern Miss Softball Complex excited to walk onto the field with the Southern Miss players before the game started. Each little girl was matched with a player relatively close to her height. 

Southern Miss infielder Nealy McManus looked around and noticed there was only one girl shorter than her. The 5-foot-1 McManus approached the girl and introduced herself. 

“She told me she didn’t know people our size could play ball[…]

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