College has since gotten a little better for her. Once they started going outside and started live pitching, Emily started jacking the ball OTF. Then the team started to rally behind her. The one Junior Catcher that she will replace behind the plate has since quit playing altogether and the other has actually started to treat her as an equal. Several teammates have become her friends since that post although there are still a few holdouts, mostly upperclassmen that don't think she's quite earned her spot yet. Time will tell I guess. In the meantime, I remind Emily that even though it's a team sport and she's there to help them win, she's on the field for herself and her love of the game. Thankfully, her HC and the Ac's are standing behind her with a unified front.
Also, another thing that helped was a team building exercise the other night. They had a team dinner together. Before they sat down to eat, the coaches tied the hands of all the players to the players on either side of them. i.e. right hand was tied to the left hand of the player on their right and vice versa. In groups of 8, they sat around a round table and had to figure out how to eat with their hands tied to 2 different players, one on each side. Emily said they all had a blast and even the upperclassmen were talking and joking with her. She said the best part was trying to butter their dinner rolls together
As for your DD, I hope she gets through this. It's tough not having the faith of the coaches behind them and can really make it miserable for them.
