Emma Angel played all four years on Community R6’s softball squad. She was the team’s go-to pitcher for the last three. She led the team in hitting her junior and senior seasons. And now she will …
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![It’s all smiles as Community R-6 senior Emma Angel signs a letter of intent to play softball at North Central Missouri College. Looking on is her mother, Tammy Angel and sister Sarah Angel. [Dave Faries]](https://epsilon.creativecirclecdn.com/mexicoledger/original/20210723-135931-Angel%20signing%203.JPG)
Emma Angel played all four years on Community R6’s softball squad. She was the team’s go-to pitcher for the last three. She led the team in hitting her junior and senior seasons. And now she will be suiting up for the North Central Missouri College Pirates.
In a ceremony attended by family, coaches and several dozen of her classmates, Angel signed a letter of intent to play softball at the next level on Wednesday at the Community R-6 gym.
“I was really excited – and nervous at the same time,” she said afterward.
Angel was attracted to the college, located in Trenton, because of the atmosphere and size. The two-year institution founded in 1925 has an enrollment of 1,800. Twenty-five of the school’s student athletes were named to the junior college academic all-American ranks.
“We don’t take 25-30 kids – more like 15 or 16,” NCMC head softball coach Steve Richman explained. “So we can’t miss.”
Richman said he was attracted to Angel because she can play several positions, including pitching. But, he added, “one of the biggest things we look for is character. She’s going to be a good fit for us.”
In part because of her versatility and her success on the high school level, Community R-6 head softball coach Carey Thomas predicts a solid college career for her outgoing star. Angel anticipates a higher level of competition once she takes the field at NCMC.
“I know there’s a big difference,” Angel said. “I’m ready for the challenge.”
