Senior Spotlight: UTSA Softball’s Celeste Loughman
After starting all 52 games and batting .324 her junior year at UTSA, Celeste Loughman was primed for another exceptional year on the softball field until the coronavirus pandemic cut her senior season short.
The West Columbia native opens up to Sports2Nite’s Jill Jelnick about when she first heard her senior season was canceled and why she decided to come back for another year.
![Frank Wilson Ready for UAB](data:image/svg+xml;utf8,<svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="660" height="351"><rect width="100%" height="100%"><animate attributeName="fill" values="rgba(153,153,153,0.5);rgba(153,153,153,0.1);rgba(153,153,153,0.5)" dur="2s" repeatCount="indefinite" /></rect></svg>)
![Image of NCAA Baseball Power Rankings graphic showing ranks 6 through 10](data:image/svg+xml;utf8,<svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="660" height="371"><rect width="100%" height="100%"><animate attributeName="fill" values="rgba(153,153,153,0.5);rgba(153,153,153,0.1);rgba(153,153,153,0.5)" dur="2s" repeatCount="indefinite" /></rect></svg>)
![Random With The Runners](data:image/svg+xml;utf8,<svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="660" height="354"><rect width="100%" height="100%"><animate attributeName="fill" values="rgba(153,153,153,0.5);rgba(153,153,153,0.1);rgba(153,153,153,0.5)" dur="2s" repeatCount="indefinite" /></rect></svg>)
![Gerald Liddell of Steele Knights Basketball Post-Game](data:image/svg+xml;utf8,<svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="130" height="73"><rect width="100%" height="100%"><animate attributeName="fill" values="rgba(153,153,153,0.5);rgba(153,153,153,0.1);rgba(153,153,153,0.5)" dur="2s" repeatCount="indefinite" /></rect></svg>)