The first thing that crossed Jessie Harper‘s mind when the 2020 softball season was canceled was not her pursuit of the all-time home run record, even though she had a good shot of breaking it.
“My first thing was I’ll never have the opportunity again to make my family proud on the softball field, that I will never be able to perform again for them on that stage,” the senior shortstop said. “That’s what kind of hurt me the most. ... The whole home run thing, I think that’s just an added thing that people want to talk about.