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Maegen Ellis' dream came true last month.

After years of playing softball and watching the sport on television, Ellis realized her goal to play on the Division I level June 24 when she signed a scholarship to play at Nicholls State in Thibodaux, Louisiana, which is about 90 miles west of NewOrleans. Ellis made the signing "official" Wednesday when she posed for a picture with East Central Community College (ECCC) coach Kristin Chaney. "It was a just a lot of praying," Ellis said of her decision to sign with coach Angel Santiago's program. Ellis said she received word from Chaney that Santiago was interested in her two to two-and-a-half months ago. She said she bad visited only one school and had two or three others she was consideringat the time and that she really didn't know ifshe was going to go the Division I or Division II route.

That all changed when she arrived at Nicholls State.

"It was really homey," Ellis said. "lt wasn't too big of a campus and it wasn't too small. It was really pretty."

Ellis said she also had a good feeling about howshe would fit in with the softball program. Nicholls

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