{"id":11372,"date":"2020-02-21T20:44:05","date_gmt":"2020-02-21T20:44:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/?p=11372"},"modified":"2020-02-21T20:44:05","modified_gmt":"2020-02-21T20:44:05","slug":"reyes-set-to-play-softball-at-st-marys","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/?p=11372","title":{"rendered":"Reyes set to play softball at St. Mary\u2019s"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Los Fresnos\u2019 Reba Reyes signs her letter of intent on Feb. 5 to play softball at St. Mary\u2019s University in San Antonio.<\/em><\/strong> Photo: Kevin Narro\/LFN<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

By KEVIN NARRO \/ LFN<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Senior center fielder and shortstop Reba Reyes was destined to play college softball. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

When Reyes was 4 years old, she showed up to the park ready to play with her Little League team. But because of her young age, she wasn\u2019t allowed to play. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The 4-year-old was in tears and it was then that the Reyes family knew she was destined to be a softball player. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

On Feb. 5, Reyes signed her letter of intent to play softball at St. Mary\u2019s University in San Antonio, fulfilling a lifelong dream. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI\u2019m excited to continue my softball career,\u201d Reyes said. \u201cI decided on going there (to St. Mary\u2019s) because I\u2019ve always wanted to be in San Antonio. I have always pictured myself being there and the offer was great, I couldn\u2019t deny it.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Reyes, who is arguably the best player in the Valley, is equipment with the five tools. Reyes, who is a shortstop but center fielder by trade, can take over a game with her arm and defensive abilities. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

At the plate she crushed 27 of her team\u2019s 42 homers as a junior, and was second on the team in hits with 46 and second on the team in extra-base hits with 15. She also led the club in runs with 44. Her average was just as impressive as Reyes raked a team hit .517. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe recruiting process was insane,\u201d Reyes said. \u201cI had breakdowns; I wasn\u2019t sure where I was going to go or who I was going to sign with. I\u2019m excited to just have fun this year and now I know I have four more years to play after high school. That is a blessing.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Reyes\u2019 drive and work ethic are a few intangibles that Lady Falcons skipper Traci Blackman sees in her senior. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cReba puts in so much work,\u201d Blackman said. \u201cNot just here in school but in her workouts over the summer. She goes above and beyond. She set a goal for herself and she\u2019s done nothing but work until she got to that goal.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Reyes will be the catalyst on this year’s 2020 club. The Lady Falcons reached the postseason last year after a three-year absence, before bowing out to Weslaco High in the bi-district round. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

By KEVIN NARRO \/ LFN Senior center fielder and shortstop Reba Reyes was destined to play college softball. When Reyes was 4 years old, she showed up to the park ready to play with her Little League team. But because of her young age, she wasn\u2019t allowed to play. The 4-year-old was in tears and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":11363,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11372","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11372","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=11372"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11372\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11373,"href":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11372\/revisions\/11373"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/11363"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=11372"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=11372"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=11372"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}