Word: pocius
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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After building a beautiful field in 1990, the athletic department could not afford to buy the softball team a scoreboard. The team was told that it had to raise the money itself. Well, with donations from the Rebecca Pocius memorial fund, the dream for a scoreboard became a reality...
...fund was established in honor of Becky Pocius '94, a catcher for the Harvard softball team during the 1990 and 1991 seasons. She died tragically in a car accident last August. Friends, teammates, and alumni donated money to the memorial fund with the express purpose of buying a scoreboard for Soldiers Field. Even grammar school children in her home town of Scranton, Penn., gave money. Saturday morning, I walked in the torrential rain to Winthrop for the beginning of the scoreboard dedication ceremony. Friends, roommates and parents all filed into the Gore courtyard to see the tree planting ceremony...
...parents each spoke briefly about Becky and her love of softball. Her parents and sister were presented with a certificate of Becky's membership into the Varsity Club, Captain Nancy Johnson read a small brass plaque that would be placed on the scoreboard. It stated, "In Memorium--Becky Pocius '94, Dedicated to her spirit and to the game she loved." The ceremony ended with Becky's father presenting the current catchers with equipment bought by Becky before she died. The presentation of Becky's mask to Christine Vogt brought a flood of tears to my eyes because I had always...
Amanda M. Dawson is a Crimson staff writer and photographer. She played with Pocius during the 1990 season...
...Pocius, a catcher who received two varsity letters and was also an enthusiastic leader on the softball team, was killed last August in a car accident. Family and friends of Pocuis and the softball team will be on hand for the ceremony...