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New Mexico too often ranks near the bottom nationally in childhood poverty and access to opportunity. For many young girls, talent and determination are not enough to overcome barriers of geography and income. That is why the New Mexico Suncats鈥� effort to build the state鈥檚 first all-girls, softball-focused training facility is more than a sports story.

It is a statement about who deserves investment.

Girls鈥� sports in New Mexico have long been asked to make do. Most private training facilities are designed primarily for baseball, with limited availability, expensive monthly fees and little attention to the needs of female athletes. Girls are left competing for scraps of time in spaces that were not built for them. That quiet but persistent inequity contradicts the spirit of Title IX and prices too many families out of opportunity.

A dedicated fastpitch facility would begin to correct that imbalance.

The Suncats envision a 14,000-square-foot, two-story training center on a 2.15-acre West Side site near Coors Boulevard. Designed for year-round use, it will include batting cages built around fastpitch mechanics, space for advanced athletic development, strength and injury-prevention training, and classrooms for academic support and college-recruiting guidance. It will serve girls from age 4 through high school and become a place where young athletes can train, study, receive mentorship and know they belong.

This facility will help create a new generation of New Mexico athletes who are stronger not only physically, but academically and emotionally. A young girl should be able to walk through its doors, see accomplished female athletes and alumni coaching the next generation, and imagine herself earning a college scholarship, becoming a leader and returning someday to help another girl follow her path.

What makes this vision especially powerful is whom the Suncats serve. Our athletes include girls from Navajo and Lakota families, Hispanic and Latino households, rural communities, working-class neighborhoods and multigenerational New Mexican families. They reflect the real New Mexico, not an elite slice of it. Their cultures and circumstances may differ, but they share a willingness to work and a belief that softball can open doors.

That belief is backed by results. In less than a decade, the Suncats have helped more than five dozen young women earn college scholarships. Recently, more than a dozen athletes signed National Letters of Intent as proud families and teammates looked on. Players from Albuquerque, Los Lunas and communities beyond are heading to colleges across the country, carrying with them the discipline, confidence and academic standards our program demands.

The Suncats require a 3.6 GPA and emphasize accountability, nutrition, self-ownership and service. This is not a win-at-all-costs program. It is a college-preparatory pipeline that uses athletics to advance education and leadership. In a state where too many girls 鈥� especially girls of color 鈥� are still told directly or indirectly to lower their expectations, we insist on excellence.

The site has been identified and the initial design work completed. Now, the Suncats are embarking on a community fundraising campaign to raise $465,000 to build Phase 1 of the facility. We are asking families, local businesses, civic leaders and everyone who believes in New Mexico鈥檚 girls to help turn these plans into walls, classrooms, training spaces and opportunity.

This facility is about more than producing college athletes. It is about telling every girl who enters that her sport matters, her dreams matter and her future is worth investing in.

The New Mexico Suncats are ready to build. We invite our community to help us make history.

Jonathan Gandert and Brandon Cable are co-founders of the New Mexico Suncats Fastpitch Academy.