(New Carlisle, IN) - Last summer New Prairie’s girls’ softball team received state championship medals around their necks. Now they have championship rings on their fingers.

 

On Thursday night, the team was honored during halftime of a girls’ basketball game.

 

Players, coaches, and administrators received championship jewelry, commemorating the first team title in school history and the first state title for any softball team in La Porte County.

 

Abby Robakowski broke the state home run record last year, and she was back in town to pick up her hard-earned hardware. “I might put it on a necklace,” she said following the ceremony. “I’ll bring it back to school with me. It’s very rare to get this, so I definitely want to display it in whatever way I can.” Robakowski, who is now a freshman at Indiana State, is getting ready to start her collegiate softball career in February.

 

For junior Ava Geyer, the team’s pitching ace, getting a ring is like putting a star on top of the Christmas tree. “Honestly it kind of makes the whole thing feel so much more real,” she said. “It’s official now. We had those medals, but this is what everyone talks about.”

 

The team also unveiled their state championship banner, which now hangs from the rafters in the main gym.