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ANGELL"'IA WAGNER

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Softball is her game and she's been coaching it for about lO years now. Karen Pelkey, Cabrini's head softball coach, has been coaching at the college for five of those l O years now. Pelkey began coaching and teaching children when she was 18. Pelkey said, "[During] high school, I played field hockey, basketball and softball; while in college I played softball at Rutgers University's main campus." Not only does she lead the way for the Lady Cavaliers, but Pelkey also works in the Dixon center athletics office as an administrative assistant, "I came to Cabrini five years ago as the athletic department secretary and assistant softball coach. Since

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