COX SAYS YES TO FULLERTON OFFER.Byline: Gerry Gittelson Daily News Staff Writer Quartz Hill High's Jodie Cox, the Daily News softball softball, variant of baseball played with a larger ball on a smaller field. Invented (1888) in Chicago as an indoor game, it was at various times called indoor baseball, mush ball, playground ball, kitten ball, and, because it was also played by women, ladies' Player of the Year as a junior, has orally committed to Cal State Fullerton, she announced Thursday evening. ``I wanted to stay close to home, and Cal State Fulerton was just a really good fit,'' said Cox, a left-handed pitcher who went 24-3 to lead Quartz Hill to its first Division II Southern Section title last spring. Cox, who said Fullerton is granting her a full scholarship, turned down similar offers from Cal State Northridge, Utah, Oklahoma and Cal Poly Cal Poly may refer to:
 `ĭs ōbĭs`pō), city (1990 pop. 41,958), seat of San Luis Obispo co., S Calif., near San Luis Obispo Bay; inc. 1856. . ``I feel good. I feel like I made the right decision,'' Cox said. ``I've been stressing over this since the beginning of summer, so I'm excited about (finally making a choice).'' Fullerton had the inside track because Cox's club team, San Dimas-based Flash D' Gold, is coached by ex-CSUF standout Pam Newton. Cox said she plans to approach her senior softball season with the same enthusiasm as before. ``My goals are the same. I want to keep improving,'' she said. In the meantime Adv. 1. in the meantime - during the intervening time; "meanwhile I will not think about the problem"; "meantime he was attentive to his other interests"; "in the meantime the police were notified" meantime, meanwhile , Cox is playing volleyball volleyball, outdoor or indoor ball and net game played on a level court. An upright net, 3 ft (or 1 m) high, the top of which stands 8 ft (2.43 m) from the ground for men, 7 ft 4 1/8 in (2. and also plans to compete in soccer before softball season starts after winter vacation Winter vacation has been proposed in modern times (the 20th and 21st centuries) as a more practical alternative to summer vacation in areas that have harsh winters and mild summers. . Jodie's father, Gary Cox, himself a former scholarship athlete at Rice University (football), is happy. ``We're a close family, so I wanted Jodie as close as possible,'' Cox said. ``I think it's pretty neat that she picked somewhere close because she had a lot of choices. But it had to be her decision.'' |
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