SURREY 鈥 A tournament at Softball City last weekend raised $2,500 to help fund a scholarship set up in the memory of a 性视界传媒 woman who was killed by a drunk driver.
Twenty-four women鈥檚 teams played at the fifth annual Kassandra Kaulius Memorial Softball Tournament in South 性视界传媒 from June 23-25.
鈥淚t was a great tournament and everyone had fun,鈥 said Markita Kaulius, Kassandra鈥檚 mom.
Kassandra died at age 22. She had dreamt of being a teacher. She also pitched for the 性视界传媒 Storm鈥檚 senior ladies softball team and was heading home from playing a game of softball at Cloverdale Athletic Park on May 3, 2011 when a drunk motorist driving a van ran a red light and T-boned her car at 103 km/h., at 152nd Street and 64th Avenue.
The tournament in her name is now the largest senior women鈥檚 softball tournament in the province for ages 18 and up, she said.
To date, 21 scholarships have been given. That鈥檚 $15,000, all told. A $500 scholarship is offered through Clayton Heights secondary, where Kassandra went to school and another for $1,000 is offered through Softball B.C.