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South Brunswick's Ashley Shor returns to softball field after near-fatal car accident last spring

Mike Becker
@realmikebecker

SOUTH BRUNSWICK – It was nearly 11 months that South Brunswick softball player Ashley Shor was seriously injured in a devastating car accident on the morning of May 18, 2014 coming home from a post-prom party.

It was in that accident that Shor, who the day prior played for South Brunswick on 'Super Saturday' in the Greater Middlesex Conference Tournament, suffered a fractured back and ribs and had to have two rods and six screws placed in her back.

It took her some time to get back on her feet, but 10-and-a-half weeks after the accident she was back on the softball field practicing.

Last November she inked letter of intent to play softball next season the University of Johnstown-Pittsburgh, a Division II program.

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And on Thursday she returned to the field in her No. 8 South Brunswick uniform in a regular season game for the first time, as she batted second and played left field for the Vikings.

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Shor went 0-for-2 with a sacrifice bunt as the Vikings fell to J.P. Stevens 4-1, but Shor was just so grateful to be back on the field.

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Staff writer Mike Becker: mbecker@mycentraljersey.com