When 9-year-old Sophina Lindquist met the University of Nebraska at Kearney softball team, it was love at first sight.
The team was in Sophina’s hometown of St. Cloud, Minnesota, for an away game and happened to stop at the Red Robin where Sophina and her family were eating.
She was immediately enamored with them, and apparently the feeling was mutual.
“We see this little blond girl in the lobby, and instantly there was a connection,” recalls head coach Holly Carnes.
In fact, they liked her so much, they gave her a ball that the entire team had signed. Sophina promptly spent the rest of the day and the night cuddling with it.
