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19 forward to representing her country on Team USA this summer. Denis Waldrop, a recreation development assistant in Shoreline Management, got to know the road to Auburn well, too. His daughter, Sydne, played at Auburn four years, appearing in nine games during her final softball season in 2017. She was named to the Academic All-SEC team her junior and senior years. She now works in human resources. "You've got to go. Throughout her college career, we saw almost every game, and, of course, did see every game when she was growing up through the travel ball stuff," Waldrop said. Like the other employees, Waldrop coached his daughter. Sydne played for Springville High School and travel teams around Birmingham. "I guess it was about age 9 when I just turned the reins over to other coaches and just watched her play ball," Waldrop said. The Waldrops also traveled the country watching and playing softball. Synde played in two College Softball World Series. Auburn finished runner-up in 2016 behind Oklahoma. "It was cool because when she was a young girl we had gone to Oklahoma to watch Alabama play. I just jokingly told her one day you will play here," Waldrop said. "So, when it all came true, it was kind of cool to be there and to see it all come full circle." By Justin Averette Left: Jeff, Kortney, Kasey and Peppi Cooper Below left: David, Ashlee and Trina Swindle Below right: Kelly, Sydne and Denis Waldrop

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