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West Plains Daily Digest Monday, May 11, 2026

Ty McDuffey

11 May 2026 — 1 min read

Ty's Take

Megan Grant hit her 37th home run of the season this week, tying the Division I record, and if you're wondering why that matters to a town like West Plains, it's because she grew up right here—Zizzers through and through, the kind of kid who learned to swing at a ball in these Ozark fields before she ever stepped foot on a college field in California. That's the thing about small towns: we don't produce many All-Americans, so when one of ours ties a national record, you notice it, you talk about it at the stockyards and over coffee at the diner. Grant's doing it 2,000 miles from home, but she's still West Plains in the eyes of everybody who watched her come up. Might be worth asking her what this place taught her about showing up and hitting the ball hard.

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UCLA’s Megan Grant ties Division I softball home run record with her 37th of the season

UCLA senior Megan Grant matched the Division I softball home run record by hitting her 37th homer of the season on Friday, tying the mark previously held by an Arizona player. The achievement caps an exceptional season for the Bruins slugger as she continues her final year of college play.

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