GC Softball: Ava Eldridge becomes the first softball player from the Golden Circle to sign a DI scholarship out of high school

Dec. 2—BLOOMING GROVE — She hit her first softball when she was three-years-old, and by the time she was five Ava Eldridge was throwing strikes off a mound. She's still throwing strikes. Back on the mound that seemed like a mountain in front of her a year ago when an ACL injury hit Ava harder than any batter she has ever faced, knocking her to the floor. She got back up. Of course she did. …