Our state's professional sports teams and international soccer tournaments are not the only athletic attractions the Lone Star State has. Colleges sports are deep in the heart of Texas. And when a team makes history in the NCAA, the admiration for the athletes and the village behind them rises to the top.

The UT softball team knows this well. Travis Recek captured the homecoming they received in Austin this year when they won the National Championship for the first time.

To get insight on the impact the UT softball team’s National Championship is having on the Longhorns, one of the leads of the UT Athletics Department, Drew Martin, joins us.