A10 Players Getting it Done Outside of the Field and the Classroom

While sometimes it seems as though there is no time for softball players other than school and softball, two Atlantic 10 players have been productive in that remaining free time.

Jocelyn Mattison

Rhode Island senior Jocelyn Mattison coordinated a community service project for URI softball with Operation Santa. Read more about Mattison and URI softball's involvement with the project here.

Kayla Lombardo (Photo by Tom Wasiczko)

Fordham junior Kayla Lombardo is not only a force on the field, where she hit .289 with 50 hits, 7 HR, and 39 RBI, while holding down the fort at the hot corner for the Rams. Lombardo is also an excellent sports writer and has written a number of pieces this fall for Laker Nation. In addition, she wrote an excellent piece in December on how the success over Fordham female athletes has been overshadowed recently. Lombardo has a bright future in sports journalism and hopefully soon she will be writing for ESPN or Sports Illustrated and who knows, perhaps even the Atlantic 10 Softball Blog.