CLEMSON — Tuesday night’s 9-1 win over Furman marked a homecoming party both for No. 18 Clemson and for the most decorated player in the softball program’s history.
Valerie Cagle, USA Softball’s 2023 Collegiate Softball Player of the Year, re-entered her old stomping grounds at McWhorter Stadium in her second season away from the program. This time, however, she was not fooling batters in the circle or launching home runs into the parking lot for the orange and white. Instead, she was in the third base dugout as an assistant coach for the visiting Paladins.
“I have actually been in this dugout before,” Cagle said with a laugh.