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JMU softball senior outfielder Cambry Arnold displays stability over her years as a Duke By SAVANNAH REGER The Breeze
Despite Megan Good graduating last year, JMU softball still has several key players from its 2019 Super Regional team. Players like senior outfielder Kate Gordon and senior pitcher Odicci Alexander were, and continue to be, a big part of the team, but senior outfielder Cambry Arnold also makes her presence known. Arnold made her impact immediately, starting her freshman year at JMU. During that first year, she was on the CAA All-Rookie team and scored 42 runs to rank third for JMU. Arnold also batted the game-winning run against then-No. 2 Auburn on Feb. 26, 2017. “[Arnold] is the same energetic person off the field that she is on the field,” Gordon said. “You see her on the field happy, and she always has everybody’s back.” Arnold started playing softball when she
was five years old, and she said her siblings had a big impact on her early softball career. Arnold’s sister played softball, which led to her getting started at a young age. “I was like, ‘Well, we will just see how this goes,’” Arnold said. In high school, Arnold excelled, making First Team All-Ohio and hitting .621 — a conference-best — as a freshman. During her junior year in high school, Arnold made Second Team All-Ohio and hit 42 runs, a team-best in the Mid-Ohio Athletic Conference. As she went through the recruiting process, she landed at JMU. Arnold said she liked the coaching staff, the team chemistry and the culture. “ Th e ca mpu s i s b e au t i f u l ,” A r n o l d said. “I really liked the coaching staff here, and the facilities are very nice, and [JMU] was always a really good team.”
Cambry Arnold has a .327 batting average through three years at JMU.
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