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Published June 26, 2009 11:50 pm - Brittney Mackey learned a valuable lesson while trying to choose which college she was going to attend while playing softball. She had all but eliminated Edinboro University early in the process without a visit. Mack attack Former Edgewood standout headed to Edinboro BOB ETTINGER Star Beacon Brittney Mackey learned a valuable lesson while trying to choose which college she was going to attend while playing softball. She had all but eliminated Edinboro University early in the process without a visit.
After a visit to the campus, Mackey pulled a complete 180. The Edgewood graduate has decided she will play softball for the Fighting Scots while attending the school next fall. “Actually, I didn’t want to go there,” Mackey said. “I was against it. My parents said it was a good school and I should at least go visit. So I made an appointment to visit and I loved the campus. I got ahold of the coach and told him I wanted to go there and things progressed from there. “I didn’t hear a lot of good things about it,” Mackey said. “Somebody that went there didn’t like it. I went and saw the campus and fell in love with it.” Mackey, the daughter of Bob and Ruth, now knows that eliminating a choice without researching it might be a mistake. “I probably should have learned that lesson a long time ago,” Mackey said. Edinboro won the services of Mackey over Malone University and Cedarville College (Columbus). Despite catching for the Warriors as a senior and playing a host of other positions throughout her career, Mackey will pitch for Edinboro. “I’ve played pretty much everywhere,” Mackey said. “The coach said he’d work with me on (playing other positions, too). I kind of want to be a pitcher. I’ve been doing it pretty much my whole life. I really enjoy it.” As a catcher, Mackey learned a little about her pitching. “(I learned) how to judge the batters,” Mackey said. “That was one of the major lessons I learned catching. When I was calling pitches, I had to see the batters, how they had their feet set, how they were swinging. You want to throw what they don’t like. Now, when a catcher calls a pitch I don’t like, I can shake her off and call something else.” Mackey served as a reserve pitcher for coach Shelley Monas and the Warriors behind 2009 Star Beacon Ashtabula County Player of the Year Megan Dragon. But on the numerous other teams she played for, she was the pitcher. “High school was just another team for me,” Mackey said. “It wasn’t the only team I played for. I played on four teams. I played on a travel team, a fall team and MYAA. Those were all teams I pitched for. High school was a turning point, but it didn’t jeopardize anything.” “I love pitching. If (the Warriors) needed me, I was ready to go. I played where Coach Monas needed me to play. It wasn’t a big deal for me.” 
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