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Softball: Emily Lochten speaking up with purpose

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The infielder who was once quiet and shy has found a voice to speak up for LGBT rights and be supportive:

Emily Lochten leads FAU with 16 home runs and 35 RBIs. Photo by Mohammed F. Emran

For many, she is an FAU softball player who wears the jersey number 25 and can hit a ball so hard, you’ll be left wondering if it’s still traveling in the air and if it will ever come back down.

Emily Lochten is a reigning first team all-conference member, a home-run machine who has hit the fifth most nationally and the most in Conference USA and one of the frontrunners for the conference player of the year award.