Janelle Turnquest has followed her Emory softball playing career by becoming a program manager senior analyst at Cigna in Houston, TX. A team member from 2015-18, Janelle was a .301 career hitter, playing in 141 games and 112 as a starter, helping the Eagles to three NCAA postseason berths including a College World Series appearance in 2016. A UAA First Team and NFCA All-Atlantic Region Second Team selection as a sophomore, she finished her career fourth on the program’s all-time home run list with 21, was 11th in career runs batted in with 108 and was ninth all-time with a career slugging percentage of .575.
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