Barrington graduate Claire Voris, one of the best softball pitchers in school history, is pictured here in the John Marshall Wilderness in Washington state, an area burned out from a forest fire. She was evacuated approximately three times from the wilderness during the forest fire season. (Photo courtesy of Claire Voris)
Shortly after she earned her master’s degree two years ago in nonfiction writing at the University of Montana, Claire Voris was riding horses that pulled mules in the Montana wilderness.
I must say I was not totally surprised when I heard that news.
Back in high school, when she was an all-area pitcher for Barrington’s softball team, Voris also found time to unwind by riding bareback on neighborhood trails aboard her quarter horse named Babe.
“My mom (Tamara) and dad (Jim) always made it a priority of having a really deep appreciation for the outdoors,” said the 31-year-old Voris, one of the finest pitchers to step on the Fields of Dreams’ pitching mound.
“And also for the wildlife, the animals and pets in our lives.”
Today, Voris is an Events and Outreach Associate at the Great Peninsula Conservancy in Bremerton, Wash.
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