Allison Galvin Thompson thought she was athletic enough to play college athletics out of Cedar Rapids Jefferson, but the question was which sport. She had overtures from DII and NAIA schools in basketball and track and field, but the only softball offers she received were from junior colleges and a single offer from Wayne State in Nebraska.
There was one other coach that had her on the radar, the new skipper at UNI, Ryan Jacobs, knew what she could do. As the head coach at Cedar Falls High, he had watched her as an opposing coach for three seasons.