INDIANAPOLIS, IN (March 12, 2019) — The Forney (Texas) High School Softball Team has been selected as the Section 6 recipient of the “National High School Spirit of Sport Award” by the National Federation of State High School Associations (NFHS).
The National High School Spirit of Sport Award was created by the NFHS to recognize those individuals who exemplify the ideals of the spirit of sport that represent the core mission of education-based athletics.
A few days before the Forney High School softball team was to play a threegame series against Mansfield Lake Ridge in the 2017 Texas University Interscholastic League (UIL) Class 5A Region II semifinals, an unspeakable tragedy beset the team.
As teammates left a dinner party, 14-year-old freshman outfielder Emily Galiano was fatally injured when she was struck by a vehicle driven by one of her teammates.
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