Official Site of the Bobcats · Oct 19, 2021
Immeasurable: Spring instilled unteachable intangibles within Texas State softball
SAN MARCOS, Texas — It didn't take Ricci Woodard long to realize Jessica Spring was special.
Spring, after graduating from Edna High School, walked onto the then-Southwest Texas softball program in 2000; the year before Woodard took the reins of the Bobcat program.
One season. One adventure through the softball season. That's all the time Woodard needed. She rewarded Spring with a scholarship before her junior season.
"I remember the day Coach Woodard put me on scholarship, I was crying," Spring told the San Marcos Daily Record's Jason Gordon in 2003. "I called my mom, and she was crying. I'm so grateful to everything coach has given me. She's made me a better person.