Former Crowder coach, players discuss 1986 national title season
Millie Gillion took the microphone as she stood on the dirt of the infield on Crowder College's softball field Saturday as the program recognized its alumni and the 1986 national championship team. She spoke about playing for the Roughriders, then coaching them and then spending time as the athletic director for the college. She considered it as "bleeding Crowder blue.
" Players from the national championship team felt the same way. "Oh, absolutely. It was family.
This was a home. We became a family and still are in many ways. I consider them my family.
We went through life events together," Bekki Turner said. That was on display during the ceremony between games with upwards of 20 former Crowder softball players or coaches lined across the infield dating back over the course of the last four decades. "It's a special place.
That's why we came here. Meeting Annie (Westfall), meeting some of the players and you could feel this was a special place and this was a special team," Dana Jones (Geyer) said. Annie Westfall was the coach of the 1986 team that took home the NJCAA championship trophy.
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