MOUNT VERNON — At the end of each college softball season at the University of Oregon, the coaching staff gave Danielle Baird and the rest of the Duck players two weeks off to get away from the game.

“It left such a huge void. It would drive me insane,” Baird said of the break. “That’s probably why I stayed down there every summer to train. Without (softball) in my life, I really didn’t know what to do. I knew that I needed to stay involved.”

Now that her playing career is over, the former Sedro-Woolley High School standout is filling the void by coaching the sport she loves. Next season, she’ll be doing that close to home as the new softball coach at Skagit Valley College.
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