Kimane Rogron: From France to Texas A&M Corpus Christi, Igniting Softball’s Global Reach

Top Stories Graham Hays – April 1, 2024 Five years in Texas rubs off on a person, even someone who grew up nearer the other Paris. As Texas A&M Corpus-Christi’s Kimane Rogron described differences in youth sports in the United States and her native France, she inadvertently slipped into fluent, albeit accented, Texan. “We don’t play sports in school like y’all do,” Rogron said. Y’all? Oh là là. The quintessential Southern pronoun and a French accent don’t seem to go together. They’re as much an odd couple as softball and, well, France. In a nation of nearly 70 million people,…